Mobbing and sitting tight at the nest as methods of avoiding brood parasitism

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Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-225

  Rands, Sean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarm signals; Cuckoo; Group behavior; Individual based model; Mobbing; Reed Warbler

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860913226     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0080     Document Type: Article

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