High frequency of conspecific brood parasitism in a colonial waterbird, the Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 238-244

  Lyon, Bruce E ^a   Everding, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS;

BROOD PARASITISM; COLONIAL WATERBIRD; EARED GREBE;

EID: 0030303382     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677228     Document Type: Article

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