Host density predicts presence of cuckoo parasitism in reed warblers

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Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 913-922

  Stokke, Bård G ^a   Hafstad, Inge ^b   Rudolfsen, Geir ^c   Bargain, Bruno ^d   Beier, Josef ^e   Bigas Campàs, David ^f   Dyrcz, Andrzej ^g   Honza, Marcel ^h   Leisler, Bernd ⁱ   Pap, Péter L ^j   Patapavičius, Ričardas ^k   Procházka, Petr ^h   Schulze Hagen, Karl ^e   Thomas, Rob ^l   Moksnes, Arne ^a   Pape Møller, Anders ^m   Røskaft, Eivin ^a   Soler, Manuel ⁿ  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Environment Protection Dept   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Directeur Scientifique Bretagne Vivante   (France)

^e Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre ^*  (Germany)

^f Parc Natural del Delta de l'Ebre   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^h INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^j BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^k Kaunas T Ivanauskas Zoological Museum   (Lithuania)

^l CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD PARASITISM; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PREDATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

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

EID: 34248330889     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15832.x     Document Type: Article

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