brood parasitism

brood parasitism Definition

brood parasitism

noun

a type of parasitism in which a bird (brood parasite), as a cowbird or European cuckoo, lays and abandons its eggs in the nest of another species

brood parasitism Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

intraspecific: Work with Graeme Ruxton from the University of Glasgow has focused on modeling intraspecific brood parasitism in various ways.

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