Why cuckoos should parasitize parrotbills by laying eggs randomly rather than laying eggs matching the egg appearance of parrotbill hosts?

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Keywords

Host imprint, Egg laying behavior, Egg color, Host selection, Common cuckoo, Egg polymorphy

Journal

Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages -

Publisher

Springer Nature

Online

2015-02-25

DOI

10.1186/s40657-015-0014-1

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