Environmental conditions influence egg color of reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus and their parasite, the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-485

  Avilés, Jesús M ^a   Stokke, Bård G ^b   Moksnes, Arne ^b   Røskaft, Eivin ^b   Møller, Anders P ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Avian egg coloration; Cuckoo host interaction; Environmental effect

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PIGMENT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOBENHAVN [DENMARK]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 33845635193     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0275-0     Document Type: Article

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