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Breeding site and host selection by Horsfield's bronze-cuckoos, Chalcites basalis

Date

Authors

Langmore, Naomi

Kilner, Rebecca

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

Cuckoos are faced with a series of reproductive decisions unique to the brood-parasitic lifestyle. Choice of the appropriate host to rear their young requires decision making at three levels. First, selection of a breeding site may take into account host

Keywords

Keywords: bird; breeding site; brood parasitism; brood rearing; decision making; host preference; host selection; maternal effect; reproductive success; Aves; Chalcites basalis; Cuculidae; Malurus cyaneus; Troglodytinae avian brood parasitism; Chalcites basalis; habitat imprinting; Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo; host density; host partitioning; host preference; maternal effect

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/50755

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Animal Behaviour

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.028

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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