Host-specific parasitism in the Central American striped cuckoo, Tapera naevia

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 445-450

  Mark, Melissa M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD PARASITISM; COLOR; EGG; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; POLYMORPHISM;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; TAPERA NAEVIA; THRYOTHORUS RUFALBUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 84884705488     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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