Modelling the arms race in avian brood parasitism

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 969-987

  Takasu, Fugo ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arms race; Brood parasitism; Co evolution; Counterdefence

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION;

EID: 0032415474     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006520323251     Document Type: Article

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