Intraspecific nest parasitism in the spotless starling sturnus unicolor

Bird Study

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-294

  Calvo, Jesus M ^a   Pascual, Juan A ^b   Deceuninck, Bernard ^c   Peris, Salvador J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c La Corderie Royale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SPAIN;

GALLUS GALLUS; STURNUS UNICOLOR; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0033758027     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461188     Document Type: Article

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