Absence of egg discrimination in a suitable cuckoo Cuculus canorus host breeding away from trees

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-504

  Antonov, Anton ^a,b   Stokke, Bård G ^a,b   Ranke, Peter S ^a   Fossøy, Frode ^a,b   Moksnes, Arne ^a,b   Røskaft, Eivin ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; COEVOLUTION; EGG REJECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ALAUDIDAE; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 77956752168     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05103.x     Document Type: Article

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