Behavior of radio-tracked Common Cuckoo females during the breeding season in Japan

Ornithological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-41

  Nakamura, Hiroshi ^a   Miyazawa, Yoshitomo ^a   Kashiwagi, Kenichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Common Cuckoo; Cuculus canorus; Egg laying behavior; Radio tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746208113     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.4.31     Document Type: Article

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