The effect of magpie breeding density and synchrony on brood parasitism by Great Spotted Cuckoos

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-278

  Martinez, J G ^a,b   Soler, M ^a   Soler, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clamator glandarius; density; Parasitism rate; Pica pica; synchrony

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029786977     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369145     Document Type: Article

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