Micro-evolutionary change and population dynamics of a brood parasite and its primary host: The intermittent arms race hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-390

  Soler, Manuel ^a   Soler, Juan J ^a   Martinez, Juan G ^a   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^a   Møller, Anders P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Clamator glandarius; Coevolution; Parasite counter defences; Pica pica

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; CYCLICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032423308     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050671     Document Type: Article

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