Internal incubation and early hatching in brood parasitic birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1708, 2011, Pages 1019-1024

  Birkhead, T R ^a   Hemmings, N ^a   Spottiswoode, C N ^b,c   Mikulica, O ^d   Moskat C ^e   Ban M ^f   Schulze Hagen, K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Hungarian Natural History Museum ^*

^e DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^g not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brood parasite; Cuckoo; Eggs; Embryo development; Honeyguide

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HOST SELECTION; INCUBATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUROPE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955156834     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1504     Document Type: Article

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