Shiny cowbirds share foster mothers but not true mothers in multiply parasitized mockingbird nests

Obligate brood parasitic birds, such as cowbirds, evade parental care duties by laying their eggs in the nests of other species. Cowbirds are assumed to avoid laying repeatedly in the same nest so as to prevent intrabrood competition between their offspring. However, because searching for host nests...

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Autores principales: Gloag, R., Fiorini, V.D., Reboreda, J.C., Kacelnik, A.
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Lenguaje:English
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03405443_v_n_p1_Gloag
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