Clutch size and the rejection of parasitic eggs: a comparative test of the maternal investment hypothesis |
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Authors: | Hauber Mark E. Riehl Christina Nagy Jenő |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA ;2.Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 106a Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA ;3.Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem ter 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary ;4.Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Centre for Ecological Research, Bem ter 18/C, Debrecen, 4026, Hungary ; |
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Abstract: | Evolutionary Ecology - Obligate brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of other species, reducing the host’s own reproductive output. To circumvent these fitness costs,... |
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