A comparative study of host selection in the European cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-276

  Soler, Juan José ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b   Soler, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cuckoo Host abundance; Host characteristics; Host parasite coevolution

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; HOST SELECTION; NEST SITE; PARASITE; POPULATION SIZE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 0033028573     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050727     Document Type: Article

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