Identification of the sex responsible for recognition and the method of ejection of parasitic eggs in some potential common cuckoo hosts

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1093-1101

  Soler, Manuel ^a   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^b   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 0036953034     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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