Can Skylarks Alauda arvensis discriminate a parasite nestling? Possible case of nestling Cuckoo Cuculus canorus ejection by its host parents

Ardea

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-120

  Hegemann, Arne ^a   Voesten, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

avian brood parasites; brood parasitism; evolutionary host parasite arms races; nestling discrimination; nestling ejection; parasitizing

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTLING;

NETHERLANDS;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ANTHUS PRATENSIS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 79960626465     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.099.0114     Document Type: Article

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