A stab in the dark: Chick killing by brood parasitic honeyguides

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-244

  Spottiswoode, Claire N ^a,b   Koorevaar, Jeroen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Adviesbureau ECO Logisch   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avian brood parasitism; Chick killing; Trade offs; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPIC ECOZONE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; HATCHING; NEST; PARENTAL CARE; TRADE-OFF; VIDEOGRAPHY; VIRULENCE;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; INDICATORIDAE;

EID: 80055080267     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0739     Document Type: Article

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