Egg recognition in chaffinches and bramblings
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Chaffinches and bramblings were found to have highly efficient discriminating mechanisms towards artificial eggs and foreign conspecific eggs.An experiment proved that rejector species know their own eggs and eject any foreign egg. However, the test provided no support for the hypothesis that these birds react to the look of any egg that is distinct from the rest of the other eggs.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1992
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Deciphering the recognition signature within the cuticular chemical profile of paper wasps
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Research describing recognition pheromones in the social wasp, Polistes dominulus, is presented. In particular the behavior of nestmates after the application of different hydrocarbons to a returning wasp is investigated.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001
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