Red-crested Cardinals use color and width as cues to reject Shiny Cowbird eggs

As part of the coevolutionary process between brood parasites and their hosts, the latter have developed different strategies to discriminate and reject parasitic eggs. This recognition-rejection process is the primary host defense against costly brood parasitism. The Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria...

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Autores principales: Segura, L.N., Di Sallo, F.G., Mahler, B., Reboreda, J.C.
Formato: JOUR
Materias:
Antiparasitic defenses
brood parasitism
egg rejection
Molothrus bonariensis
Paroaria coronata
visual cues
antiparasite defense
color
nesting behavior
songbird
visual cue
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00048038_v133_n2_p308_Segura
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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