Cuckoos and parasitic ants: Interspecific brood parasitism as an evolutionary arms race

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 274-278

  Davies, N B ^a   Bourke, Andrew F G ^a   de L Brooke, M ^a  

^a NB Davies AFG Bourke and M de L Brooke are the Dept of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANT; BROOD PARASITISM; CUCKOO; EVOLUTIONARY ARMS RACE;

EID: 0024884745     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(89)90202-4     Document Type: Article

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6. The Organization of Slave Raids in Dulotic Ants - a Comparative Study (Hymenoptera; Formicidae)
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