Evicting cuckoo nestlings from the nest: A new anti-parasitism behaviour

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-69

  Sato, Nozomu J ^a   Tokue, Kihoko ^a   Noske, Richard A ^b   Mikami, Osamu K ^a   Ueda, Keisuke ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti parasitism strategy; Avian brood parasitism; Bronze cuckoo; Host parasite coevolution; Nestling ejection

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

AVES; GERYGONE;

EID: 77449093782     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0540     Document Type: Article

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