Behavioral, morphological, and genomic analyses of population structure in brood parasitic indigobirds (Vidua spp.)

The African indigobirds (Vidua spp.) are exceptional among avian brood parasites in that mimicry of host vocalizations plays an integral role in their social behaviors and evolutionary history. Young indigobirds imprint on the vocalizations of their hosts during development, adult males include mimi...

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Main Author: DaCosta, Jeffrey
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/15392