Conspecific brood parasitism and egg quality in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 625-629

  Vedder, Oscar ^a   Kingma, Sjouke Anne ^a   Von Engelhardt, Nikolaus ^a   Korsten, Peter ^a   G G Groothuis, Ton ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 34548529792     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.04018.x     Document Type: Article

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