How selfish is a cuckoo chick?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 797-808

  Kilner, R M ^a,b   Davies, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR;

ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULIFORMES; CUCULUS CANORUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PHRAGMITES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0032880952     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1197     Document Type: Article

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