Experimental support for the use of egg uniformity in parasite egg discrimination by cuckoo hosts

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1885-1890

  Moskát, Csaba ^a   Avilés, Jesús M ^b,g   Bán, Miklós ^c   Hargitai, Rita ^d,e   Zölei, Anikó ^f  

^a Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^f Duna Ipoly National Park Directorate   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Brood parasitism; Cuculus canorus; Egg discrimination; Host defence; Intra clutch variation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 51849110675     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0618-0     Document Type: Article

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