Repeatability of host female and male aggression towards a brood parasite

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 907-917

  Trnka, Alfréd ^a   Požgayová, Milica ^b   Samaš, Peter ^c   Honza, Marcel ^b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD PARASITISM; FEMALE; HOST; MALE; PARASITE; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ANIMALIA; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 84883458189     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12133     Document Type: Article

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