Reed warblers guard against cuckoos and cuckoldry

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-295

  Davies, N B ^a,c   Butchart, S H M ^a   Burke, T A ^b   Chaline, N ^b   Stewart, I R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG REJECTION; NEST GUARDING; PASSERINE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0037329358     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2049     Document Type: Article

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