Host selection in parasitic birds: Are open-cup nesting insectivorous passerines always suitable cuckoo hosts?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 216-220

  Yang, Canchao ^a   Stokke, Bård G ^b   Antonov, Anton ^b   Cai, Yan ^a   Shi, Suhua ^c   Moksnes, Arne ^b   Røskaft, Eivin ^b   Møller, Anders P ^d   Liang, Wei ^a   Grim, Tomáš ^e  

^a HAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG; GRANIVORY; GRASSHOPPER; HOST SELECTION; INSECTIVORE; NEST SITE; NESTING; SONGBIRD; SYMPATRY;

AVES; CAELIFERA; COLEOPTERA; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; EUMYIAS; PASSERI;

EID: 84877697281     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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