Nest Sanitation as the Evolutionary Background for Egg Ejection Behaviour and the Role of Motivation for Object Removal

Miroslav Poláček; Matteo Griggio; Michaela Bartíková; Herbert Hoi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078771

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Nest Sanitation as the Evolutionary Background for Egg Ejection Behaviour and the Role of Motivation for Object Removal

Miroslav Poláček,

Affiliations Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Matteo Griggio,

Affiliation Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Michaela Bartíková,

Affiliations Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Herbert Hoi

* E-mail: Herbert.hoi@vetmeduni.ac.at

Affiliation Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Nest Sanitation as the Evolutionary Background for Egg Ejection Behaviour and the Role of Motivation for Object Removal

Miroslav Poláček,
Matteo Griggio,
Michaela Bartíková,
Herbert Hoi

Published: November 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078771

About the Authors

Miroslav Poláček

Affiliations Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Matteo Griggio

Affiliation Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Michaela Bartíková

Herbert Hoi

* E-mail: Herbert.hoi@vetmeduni.ac.at

Affiliation Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP HH MG. Performed the experiments: MP MB. Analyzed the data: MP HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH. Wrote the paper: MP HH MG MB.

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