Why does the frequency of nest parasitism by the cuckoo differ considerably between two populations of warblers living in the same habitat?

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-213

  Dyrcz, Andrzej ^a   Halupka, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG PRODUCTION; HOST SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; CUCULIDAE;

EID: 33847114738     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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