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SUBMITTER: Morelli F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5491505 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morelli Federico F Møller Anders Pape AP Nelson Emma E Benedetti Yanina Y Liang Wei W Šímová Petra P Moretti Marco M Tryjanowski Piotr P
Scientific reports 20170629 1
Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is a charismatic bird species with a dominant presence in human culture: from folklore legends to nowadays there is evidence of cuckoos being a prime candidate as a surrogate of bird diversity. Recent studies demonstrated that the cuckoo can predict hotspots of taxonomic diversity and functional diversity of bird communities in European countries. In this study, we demonstrated that the cuckoo is an excellent bioindicator at multi-spatial scale, extending cuckoo sur ...[more]