Behaviour of African turdid hosts towards experimental parasitism with artificial red-chested cuckoo Cuculus solitarius eggs

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 517-522

  Honza, Marcel ^a,b   Kuiper, Saskia M ^a   Cherry, Michael I ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD PARASITISM; PASSERINE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COSSYPHA CAFFRA; CUCULUS SOLITARIUS; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS LIBONYANUS; TURDUS OLIVACEUS;

EID: 28044438899     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03358.x     Document Type: Article

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