Do common whitethroats (Sylvia communis) discriminate against alien eggs?;Erkennen die Dorngrasmücken (Sylvia communis) fremde Eier?

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 354-363

  Procházka, Petr ^a,b   Honza, Marcel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cuckoo; Egg ejection; Egg recognition; Egg rejection

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG REJECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

CUCULUS CANORUS; DASYNOTUS; SYLVIA; SYLVIA COMMUNIS;

EID: 0042354016     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0361.2003.03009.x     Document Type: Article

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