Common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) lay eggs with larger yolk but not more testosterone than their great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) hosts

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-277

  Torok J ^a   Moskat C ^b   Michl, G ^a   Peczely P ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Androgens; Bird egg; Brood parasitism; Maternal investment; Yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EGG; MATERNAL CARE; NESTLING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PASSERINE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 9644273784     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2004.9522638     Document Type: Article

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