Responses of male starlings to experimental intraspecific brood parasitism.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Pinxten, Rianne; Eens, Marcel; Verheyen, Rudolf F.
- Source
- Animal Behaviour. Dec91, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p1028. 3p. 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *STARLINGS
*BROOD parasitism
*PARASITIC birds
*ANIMAL sexual behavior
*BROOD parasites
*STURNIDAE
*ANIMAL behavior
*MALES
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-3472
Examines the response of male starlings to single conspecific parasitic eggs added experimentally before or after clutch initiation. Details of how experiments were carried out; Ejection rates by males; Removal of single parasitic eggs; Results; Discussion.