Birds use eggshell UV reflectance when recognizing non-mimetic parasitic eggs

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology

• Publication date

  2016-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/BEHECO/ARV206
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