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EGG REJECTION IN MARSH WARBLERS (ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS) HEAVILY PARASITIZED BY COMMON CUCKOOS (CUCU...

EGG REJECTION IN MARSH WARBLERS (ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS) HEAVILY PARASITIZED BY COMMON CUCKOOS (CUCU...

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EGG REJECTION IN MARSH WARBLERS (ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS) HEAVILY PARASITIZED BY COMMON CUCKOOS (CUCULUS CANORUS)

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EGG REJECTION IN MARSH WARBLERS (ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS) HEAVILY PARASITIZED BY COMMON CUCKOOS (CUCULUS CANORUS)

Publisher

Waco: The American Ornithologists' Union

Journal title

The Auk, 2006-04, Vol.123 (2), p.419-430

Language

English

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Waco: The American Ornithologists' Union

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Contents

In the coevolutionary “arms race” between Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) and their hosts, several adaptations and counter-adaptations have evolved. Here, we investigated natural parasitism and host sensitivity to egg rejection in Marsh Warblers (Acrocephalus palustris) in Bulgaria. The level of Common Cuckoo parasitism was high (28%), and average...

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EGG REJECTION IN MARSH WARBLERS (ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS) HEAVILY PARASITIZED BY COMMON CUCKOOS (CUCULUS CANORUS)

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_17257783

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_17257783

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ISSN

0004-8038

E-ISSN

1938-4254,2732-4613

DOI

10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[419:ERIMWA]2.0.CO;2

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