Brood parasitism by Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo in a fragmented agricultural landscape in Western Australia

Emu

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-361

  Brooker, Michael ^a   Brooker, Lesley ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CHALCITES BASALIS; CHRYSOCOCCYX; CUCULIDAE; GALLIFORMES; MALURUS; MALURUS PULCHERRIMUS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0742320030     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU02034     Document Type: Article

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