Egg puncturing by the brood parasitic Greater Honeyguide and potential host counteradaptations

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 792-799

  Spottiswoode, Claire N ^a,b   Colebrook Robjent, John F R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Musumanene Farm   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; OVIPOSITION; PARENTAL CARE;

EID: 34547655748     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm025     Document Type: Article

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