Frequency of egg rejection by potential hosts of the New Zealand Cuckoos

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 719-727

  Briskie, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antiparasite adaptations; Brood parasitism; Chrysococcyx lucidus; Eudynamys taitensis; Long tailed Cuckoo; New Zealand; Shining Cuckoo

Indexed keywords

ANTHORNIS MELANURA; ANTHUS NOVAESEELANDIAE; CERTHIA AMERICANA; CERTHIIDAE; CHALCITES LUCIDUS; CHRYSOCOCCYX; CHRYSOCOCCYX LUCIDUS; CUCULIDAE; EUDYNAMYS TAITENSIS; MOHOUA NOVAESEELANDIAE; PASSERIFORMES; PETROICA AUSTRALIS; RHIPIDURA; RHIPIDURA FULIGINOSA; URODYNAMIS TAITENSIS;

EID: 0242424091     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7106     Document Type: Article

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