Evidence for egg discrimination preceding failed rejection attempts in a small cuckoo host

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-171

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cuckoo; Egg rejection; Olivaceous warbler

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG REJECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FOWL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS; HIPPOLAIS OPACA; HIPPOLAIS PALLIDA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EGGS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 65349121219     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0645     Document Type: Article

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