Does contrast between eggshell ground and spot coloration affect egg rejection?

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  SCIENCE NATURE

• Publication date

  2017-06-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s00114-017-1476-2PMID 28642972
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