Does the great spotted cuckoo choose magpie hosts according to their parenting ability?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 201-206

  Soler, Juan José ^a   Soler, Manuel ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Martínez, Juan Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Host selection; Nest building; Parenting ability

Indexed keywords

CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; PICA PICA;

BROOD PARASITISM; GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO; HOST SELECTION; MAGPIE; PARENTING ABILITY;

EID: 0028975438     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00177797     Document Type: Article

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