Behavioural and Chemical Ecology of Cuckoos in Insect Societies.
Informations
- Funding country
United Kingdom
- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 1/1/2005
- End date
- 8/31/2008
- Budget
- 380,070 EUR
Fundings
Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
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Standard Grant | Grant | - | - | - |
Organisations
Name | Role | Start | End |
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University of Sheffield | Lead Partner | - | - |
Keele University | Lead Partner | - | - |
Abstract
Cuckoos are species which trick another species to rearing their brood. They are found in a wide range of animals including fish, birds, and insects. The best known examples of cuckoos occur in the birds. Here a cuckoo lays a single egg in a host's nest,