Breeding site and host selection by Horsfield's bronze-cuckoos, Chalcites basalis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 995-1004

  Langmore, N E ^a   Kilner, R M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

avian brood parasitism; Chalcites basalis; habitat imprinting; Horsfield's bronze cuckoo; host density; host partitioning; host preference; maternal effect

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; BROOD PARASITISM; BROOD REARING; DECISION MAKING; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST SELECTION; MATERNAL EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; CHALCITES BASALIS; CUCULIDAE; MALURUS CYANEUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 35148833438     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.028     Document Type: Article

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