Host species affects the growth rate of cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) chicks

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Kleven, Oddmund ^a   Moksnes, Arne ^a   Røskaft, Eivin ^a   Honza, Marcel ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cuculus canorus; Host quality; Nestling growth

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; GROWTH RATE; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PHRAGMITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033369189     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050647     Document Type: Article

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