Does the cuckoo benefit from laying unusually strong eggs?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1893-1900

  Antonov, Anton ^a   Stokke, Bård G ^a   Moksnes, Arne ^a   Røskaft, Eivin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus palustris; brood parasitism; cuckoo; Cuculus canorus; eggshell strength; marsh warbler; mimicry; puncture resistance

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG; EGGSHELL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; MOLOTHRUS;

EID: 56049106070     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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