Brood parasitic European starlings do not lay high-quality eggs

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 507-513

  Pilz, Kevin M ^a,d   Smith, Henrik G ^b   Andersson, Malte ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conspecific brood parasitism; Egg size; European starlings; Nestling competition; Sturnus vulgaris; Yolk androgens

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COMPETITIVENESS; EGG SIZE; PASSERINE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

GALLUS GALLUS; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 19344372278     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari017     Document Type: Article

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