Manipulative begging calls by parasitic cuckoo chicks: Why should true offspring not do the same?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 342-343

  Lotem, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; HATCHING; NOTE; PROGENY;

EID: 0031928263     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01401-3     Document Type: Article

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