Great spotted cuckoos improve their reproductive success by damaging magpie host eggs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1227-1233

  Soler, Manuel ^a   Soler, Juan J ^a   Martinez, Juan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG DESTRUCTION; GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO; MAGPIE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; CUCULIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; PICA; PICA PICA;

EID: 0030693855     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0524     Document Type: Article

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