Fatal mobbing and attack of the common cuckoo by its warbler hosts

Autor: Huahua Zhao, Haixia Luo, Hanlin Yan, Gangbin He, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Ecology and Evolution. 12
ISSN: 2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9649
Popis: Nest defense is an effective strategy of hosts against parasites. Typically, hosts will aggressively attack brood parasites that approach or visit their nests, which can prevent the parasites from laying eggs or may even lead to the death of the parasites. Few previous studies have specifically reported such fatal cases involving brood parasites and have attributed the cause of death to either drowning or hypothermia after falling into the water following an attack from hosts. In this study, we recorded the process of multiple host individuals of the Oriental reed warbler (
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