Parameter (%) | Rutila et al. (2002) [16] | Thomson et al. (2016) [24] | ||
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χ 2 (df = 1) | p | χ 2 (df = 1) | p | |
Overall parasitism rate | 16.32 | <0.001 | 0.20 | 0.66 |
Effectively parasitised nests | 0.30 | 0.58 | 0.001 | 0.98 |
Cuckoo egg in the nest cup | 8.48 | 0.004 | 0.26 | 0.61 |
Cuckoo egg on the nest rim | 12.34 | <0.001 | 0.03 | 0.86 |
Cuckoo egg dumped on incomplete nest | 0.87 | 0.35 | 0.79 | 0.38 |
Cuckoo egg on the ground outside | 0.20 | 0.65 | 0.08 | 0.77 |
Mimetic egg rejection | – | 0.19 | – | 0.14 |
Non-mimetic egg rejection | – | 0.73 | – | 0.001 |