On the origin and rarity of interspecific nest parasitism in birds

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 264-272

  Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cuckoos; Nest parasitism; Parus ater; Parus caeruleus; Parus major; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST; PARASITISM;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; PARIDAE; PARUS ATER; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0031826130     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286166     Document Type: Article

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