Nest defence in a cuckoo host: Great reed warblers risk themselves equally for their own and parasitic chicks

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 741-756

  Honza, Marcel ^a   Procházka, Petr ^a   Šicha, Václav ^a   Požgayová, Milica ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Chick discrimination; Cuckoo; Mobbing; Nest defence; Nestling recognition; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 77952629155     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X491081     Document Type: Article

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