Zusammenfassung
Eigentlich kennt jeder den Kuckuck, zumindest seinen Ruf. Doch nur wenige haben bislang einen Kuckuck gesehen (Abb. 11.1). Sogar in unsere Sprache hat der Kuckuck in Form von Sprichwörtern, Volksliedern, Mythen und anderem vielfältig Einzug gefunden (Bosch 2008).
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Witte, K., Wussow, U., Pröhl, S. (2011). Der europäische Kuckuck – ein Erfolgsmodell der Evolution. In: Dreesmann, D.C., Graf, D., Witte, K. (eds) Evolutionsbiologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8274-2786-1_11
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