Acceptance by the splendid fairy-wren of parasitism by Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo: Further evidence for evolutionary equilibrium in brood parasitism

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-407

  Brooker, Michael ^a   Brooker, Lesley ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

arms race; brood parasitism; coevolution; evolutionary equilibrium; life history strategy; rejection behavior

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHALCITES BASALIS; CHRYSOCOCCYX; MALURUS SPLENDENS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; CHRYSOCOCCYX BASALIS;

BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTIONARY ARMS RACE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO; SPLENDID FAIRY-WREN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030302899     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.4.395     Document Type: Article

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