Development and behavior of Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) nestlings and their Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) hosts

Abstract Background Our knowledge of avian brood parasitism is primarily based on studies of a few selected species. Recently, researchers have targeted a wider range of host–parasite systems, which has allowed further evaluation of hypotheses derived from well-known study systems but also disclosed...

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Published in:	Avian Research
Main Authors:	Odd Helge Tunheim, Bård G. Stokke, Longwu Wang, Canchao Yang, Aiwu Jiang, Wei Liang, Eivin Røskaft, Frode Fossøy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-02-01
Subjects:	Avian brood parasitism Coevolution Cuckoos Developmental biology
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-019-0143-z