Brood parasitism: a test of the optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis (Part 6)

Variation in multicomponent recognition cues alters egg rejection decisions: a test of the optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B


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