Random Egg Laying in Host Nests, Rather Than Egg-matching, Explains Patterns of Cuckoo Parasitism: a Comment on Zhang . (2023)

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Journal Proc Biol Sci

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Sep 13

PMID 37700656

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Longwu Wang

Wei Liang

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