Characteristics of brood parasitism by Common Cuckoos on Azure-winged Magpies, as illustrated by video recordings

Ornithological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-48

  Andou, Daisuke ^a   Higuchi, Hiroyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^b   Oomori, Shinnya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Onoe elementary school   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cuculus canorus; Cyanopica cyana

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449114622     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.4.43     Document Type: Article

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