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A Simple Rule Reduces Costs of Extragroup Parasitism in a Communally Breeding Bird

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Discordancy or template-based recognition? Dissecting the cognitive basis of the rejection of foreign eggs in hosts of avian brood parasites

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Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs

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Pattern mimicry of host eggs by the common cuckoo, as seen through a bird's eye

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Increased host tolerance of multiple cuckoo eggs leads to higher fledging success of the brood parasite

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Avian colour perception predicts behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism in chaffinches

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The modelling of avian visual perception predicts behavioural rejection responses to foreign egg colours

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CLUTCH CHARACTERISTICS AND EGG DISCRIMINATIVE ABILITY OF THE AFRICAN VILLAGE WEAVERBIRD PLOCEUS CUCULLATUS

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