Differences in the Costs and Benefits of Choosiness May Explain Variation in Cuckoo Egg-matching Strategy: a Reply to Wang and Liang (2023)

Overview

Journal Proc Biol Sci

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Sep 13

PMID 37700659

Authors

Jinggang Zhang

Peter Santema

Zixuan Lin

Lixing Yang

Meijun Liu

Jianqiang Li

Wenhong Deng

Bart Kempenaers

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Citing Articles

Differences in the costs and benefits of choosiness may explain variation in cuckoo egg-matching strategy: a reply to Wang and Liang (2023).

Zhang J, Santema P, Lin Z, Yang L, Liu M, Li J Proc Biol Sci. 2023; 290(2006):20231219.

PMID: 37700659 PMC: 10498025. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1219.

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Zhang J, Santema P, Lin Z, Yang L, Liu M, Li J . Differences in the costs and benefits of choosiness may explain variation in cuckoo egg-matching strategy: a reply to Wang and Liang (2023). Proc Biol Sci. 2023; 290(2006):20231219. PMC: 10498025. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1219. View