Responses of parasitized and unparasitized Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) populations against artificial Cuckoo parasitism

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Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 259-265

  Rutila, Jarkko ^a   Jokimäki, Jukka ^b,d   Avilés, Jesús M ^c   Kaisanlahti Jokimäki, Marja Liisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Among population differences; Brood parasitism; Common Cuckoo; Common Redstart; Cuculus canorus; Egg recognition; Egg rejection; Nest desertion; Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BROOD DESERTION; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CUCULUS CANORUS; PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS;

EID: 32344448665     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[0259:ROPAUC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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