Brood parasitism in the sand martin, Riparia riparia: Evidence for two parasitic strategies in a colonial passerine

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1323-1331

  Alves, Maria Alice S ^a,b   Bryant, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN GENETICS; BREEDING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOGAMY; PARASITISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

BROOD PARASITISM; PARASITISM; PARENTAL CARE;

RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 0032449268     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0910     Document Type: Article

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