Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) Do not Rely on Indicators of Parental Abilities When Searching for Host Nests: The Importance of Host Defenses

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  2009

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  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2009-04-17

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1525/auk.2009.08162
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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