Mangrove gerygones gerygone laevigaster eject little bronze-cuckoo chalcites minutillus hatchlings from parasitized nests

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Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 835-839

  Tokue, Kihoko ^a   Ueda, Keisuke ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian brood parasites; Host defence; Nestling discrimination; Parasite young ejection

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; HATCHING; MANGROVE; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING;

AVES; CHALCITES MINUTILLUS; GERYGONE;

EID: 77956585166     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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