Polygynous great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus suffer more cuckoo Cuculus canorus parasitism than monogamous pairs

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-195

  Trnka, Alfréd ^a   Prokop, Pavol ^a,b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EGG; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOST QUALITY; MONOGAMY; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 79955499523     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05193.x     Document Type: Article

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