Egg retrieval in ground-nesting cuckoo hosts: can two species of buntings accurately identify and retrieve their own eggs?
Abstract Egg retrieval in birds may help ensure the survival of eggs and improve reproductive success. However, with the risk of brood parasitism, for ground-nesting or cavity-nesting bird hosts, there is a significant reproductive cost and thus a reduction in fitness if the host wrongly retrieved t...
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Language: | English |
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Springer
2024-12-01
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Series: | Animal Cognition |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-024-01919-w |
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