Great Reed Warblers bury artificial objects, not only Cuckoo eggs

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-114

  Bartol I ^a,d   Moskat C ^b   Karcza, Z ^c,e   Kisbenedek, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^c BirdLife Hungary   (Hungary)

^d Nemzeti Park Igazgatosagok Hungary   (Hungary)

^e Inst of Environmental Management   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Antiparasite defence; Brood parasitism; Cuculus canorus; Egg burial; Nest cleaning

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 33751094534     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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