Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Animal Cognition

• Publication date

  2012-05-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10071-012-0515-9PMID 22627806
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