How precise is egg discrimination in weaverbirds?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1135-1142

  Lahti, David C ^a   Lahti, April R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG; EGG REJECTION;

CHRYSOCOCCYX; CHRYSOCOCCYX CAPRIUS; PLOCEINAE; PLOCEUS; PLOCEUS CUCULLATUS;

EID: 0036039390     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3009     Document Type: Article

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