Breeding success of a brood parasite is associated with social mating status of its host

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1187-1194

  Trnka, Alfréd ^a   Požgayová, Milica ^b   Procházka, Petr ^b   Prokop, Pavol ^a,c   Honza, Marcel ^b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Brood parasitism; Cuckoo; Cuculus canorus; Great reed warbler; Polygyny; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; FLEDGING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; CUCULUS CANORUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84864327312     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1372-x     Document Type: Article

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