Nest defence, enemy recognition and nest inspection behaviour of experimentally parasitized Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 256-263

  Honza, Marcel ^a   Grim, Tomás ^b   Capek Jr , Miroslav ^a   Moksnes, Arne ^c   Røskaft, Eivin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEST GUARDING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; COLUMBA; CUCULUS CANORUS; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 7944221923     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461361     Document Type: Article

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