Bed and breakfast available, only for a year

Gadagkar, Raghavendra (1993) Bed and breakfast available, only for a year. In: Science and Environment Down to Earth, 2 (3). pp. 46-47.

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Abstract

Researchers probing parasitism among birds say the hosts are cleverer than those living at their expense. The great reed warbler, for example, accepts cuckoo eggs only to avoid mistakenly throwing out its own eggs.

Item Type:	Editorials/Short Communications
Publication:	Science and Environment Down to Earth
Publisher:	Society for Environmental Communications
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Society for Environmental Communications.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:33
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/9237

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