Parentage and host preference in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-24

  Skjelseth, Sigrun ^a   Moksnes, Arne ^a   Røskaft, Eivin ^a   Gibbs, H Lisle ^c   Taborsky, Michael ^d   Taborsky, Barbara ^d   Honza, Marcel ^e   Kleven, Oddmund ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 1342311899     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03219.x     Document Type: Article

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