Brood parasitism and egg matching in the Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius in southern Africa

Ibis

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 632-639

  Kuiper, S M ^a   Cherry, M I ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG; HOST SPECIFICITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; COSSYPHA; COSSYPHA CAFFRA; COSSYPHA DICHROA; COSSYPHA HEUGLINI; COSSYPHA NATALENSIS; CUCULUS; CUCULUS SOLITARIUS; DICHROA; MELAENORNIS; MELAENORNIS PAMMELAINA; MONTICOLA; MONTICOLA RUPESTRIS; SAXICOLA; SAXICOLA TORQUATA; TURDUS;

EID: 0036789553     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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