Eggshell strength of an obligate brood parasite: A test of the puncture resistance hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Antonov, Anton ^a   Stokke, Bård G ^b   Moksnes, Arne ^b   Kleven, Oddmund ^c   Honza, Marcel ^d   Røskaft, Eivin ^b  

^a Norwegian University of Science and Technology ^*  (Bulgaria)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus; Brood parasitism; Cuckoo; Eggshell thickness; Puncture resistance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; PARASITE; SURVEY;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS; ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 33646482766     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0132-6     Document Type: Article

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