Constraints on host choice: Why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 508-518

  Grim, Tomáš ^a   Samaš, Peter ^a   Moskát, Csaba ^b   Kleven, Oddmund ^c   Honza, Marcel ^d   Moksnes, Arne ^e,f   Røskaft, Eivin ^e,f   Stokke, Bård G ^e,f  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Antiparasite defence; Co evolution; Host selection; Interactive effects; Parasite avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BREEDING SITE; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUROPE;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; TURDIDAE; TURDUS;

EID: 79953300928     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01798.x     Document Type: Article

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