Hopeless solicitation? Host-absent vocalization in the common cuckoo has no effect on feeding rate of reed warblers

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-152

  Šicha, Václav ^a,b   Procházka, Petr ^a   Honza, Marcel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Begging; Brood parasitism; Cuckoo; Cuculus canorus; Food provisioning; Reed warbler; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 34247497219     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-006-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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