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closeWhat about females?
Posted by martonattila on 31 May 2012 at 07:08 GMT
Great article and innovative methods. Congrats! One can only wonder what happens in the case of a female cuckoo? I noticed that the cuckoo dummies you used were all male phenotype, whereas females have extended barred underparts (i.e. the breast is not covered by grey feathers), and I guess females can be considered a greater threat then males. Anyway a good article to start the morning with!
RE: What about females?
TomasGrim replied to martonattila on 25 Mar 2022 at 20:49 GMT
Sorry for delayed reply, we did not receive any alert as for your comments. A good point about the common cuckoo females. We addressed this in subsequent papers:
https://frontiersinzoolog...
and
https://academic.oup.com/...
Best, T