High synchrony of egg laying in common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) and their great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) hosts

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Moskat C ^a   Barta, Z ^b   Hauber, M E ^c   Honza, M ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Brood parasitism; Laying pattern; Multiple parasitism; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EGG PRODUCTION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SYNCHRONY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 33746227330     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2006.9522720     Document Type: Article

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