Responses of potential hosts of Asian cuckoos to experimental parasitism

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 363-371

  Begum, Sajeda ^a,b   Moksnes, Arne ^a   Røskaft, Eivin ^a   Stokke, Bård G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Asia; Co evolution; Cuckoo; Egg rejection; Experimental parasitism; Model eggs.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIMICRY;

BANGLADESH;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; CLAMATOR JACOBINUS; COPSYCHUS SAULARIS; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS; CORVUS SPLENDENS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS MICROPTERUS; DICRURUS MACROCERCUS; EUDYNAMYS; EUDYNAMYS SCOLOPACEA; LANIUS SCHACH; ORIOLUS XANTHORNUS; PERCIFORMES; PYCNONOTUS CAFER; TIMALIIDAE; TURDOIDES;

EID: 84858281127     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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