When birds go bad: Circumstantial evidence for infanticide in the communal south-american guira cuckoo

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-54

  Macedo, R H F ^a   Bianchi, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Communal breeding; Guira Cuckoo; Guira guira; Infanticide; Parental effort

Indexed keywords

AVES; GUIRA; GUIRA GUIRA;

EID: 0030968821     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1997.9522901     Document Type: Article

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