Egg Eviction Imposes a Recoverable Cost of Virulence in Chicks of a Brood Parasite
Figure 2
Growth of common cuckoo chicks in great reed warbler nests with host eggs left that had to be evicted by cuckoo chicks (black circles: evictor group) or where host eggs were removed (open circles: non-evictor treatment).
For a) mass, b) tarsus, c) gape length, d) gape width, e) gape area. Values are means ± SE.