Importance of spatial habitat structure on establishment of host defenses against brood parasitism

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 700-708

  Røskaft, Eivin ^a   Takasu, Fugo ^b   Moksnes, Arne ^a   Stokke, Bård Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds; Brood parasite; Dispersal; Host; Metapopulation dynamics; Model; Rejection behavior; Spatial habitat structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CARRYING CAPACITY; EGG REJECTION; EQUILIBRIUM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; METAPOPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33747867477     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ark019     Document Type: Article

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