Cooperative breeding in carrion crows reduces the rate of brood parasitism by great spotted cuckoos

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1337-1344

  Canestrari, Daniela ^a   Marcos, José M ^b   Baglione, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

brood parasitism; carrion crow; Clamator glandarius; coevolution; cooperative breeding; Corvus corone corone; great spotted cuckoo; helper

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; BROOD PARASITISM; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG PRODUCTION; EUSOCIALITY; GROUP SIZE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INCUBATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; CORVIDAE; CORVUS CORONE; CUCULIDAE;

EID: 64549137938     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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