Adjustment of incubation according to the threat posed: A further signal of enemy recognition in the Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-576

  Požgayová, Milica ^a,b   Procházka, Petr ^a   Honza, Marcel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggression; Brood parasitism; Nest attendance; Nest defence; Nest predation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BROOD PARASITISM; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; MOBBING; NEST PREDATION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

CUCULUS CANORUS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; STREPTOPELIA; STREPTOPELIA TURTUR; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67649945967     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0384-4     Document Type: Article

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