Egg rejection in European blackbirds (Turdus merula): The effect of mimicry

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-91

  Moskát, Csaba ^a   Karcza, Zsolt ^b   Csörgo, Tibor ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b Inst of Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG REJECTION; MIMICRY; PASSERINE;

PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0242369136     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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