The effectiveness of hawk mimicry in protecting cuckoos from aggressive hosts

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 263-268

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

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Accipiter nisus; Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Common cuckoo; Cuculus canorus; Great reed warbler; Mimicry; Nest defence; Parasitism; Sparrowhawk

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; HOST; MIMICRY; NEST GUARDING; PARASITISM; RAPTOR; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; STREPTOPELIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 83555161668     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.036     Document Type: Article

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