Coevolutionary interactions between Common Cuckoos and Corn Buntings

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 414-422

  Antonov, Anton ^a   Stokke, Bård G ^b   Moksnes, Arne ^b   Røskaft, Eivin ^b  

^a Apartment 14 ^*  (Bulgaria)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Common Cuckoo; Corn Bunting; Egg rejection; Spatial habitat structure hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CUCULUS CANORUS; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; EMBERIZINAE; MILIARIA CALANDRA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646886580     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[414:CIBCCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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