How do Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) find host nests?

Ornis Norvegica

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 3-7

  Øien, Ingar Jostein ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Ornithological Society   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LAYING DATE; NESTING; PARASITISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACROCEPHALUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 4243249862     PISSN: 15020878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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