Egg rejection and clutch phenotype variation in the plain prinia Prinia inornata
Avian hosts of brood parasites can evolve anti‐parasitic defenses to recognize and reject foreign eggs from their nests. Theory predicts that higher inter‐clutch and lower intra‐clutch variation in egg appearance facilitates hosts to detect parasitic eggs as egg‐rejection mainly depends on the appea...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Avian Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00786 |