Retaliatory cuckoos and the evolution of host resistance to brood parasites

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 817-824

  Robert, Magali ^a   Sorci, Gabriele ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Hochberg, Michael E ^a   Pomiankowski, Andrew ^b   Pagel, Mark ^c  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; PARASITE RESISTANCE;

AVES; CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; CUCULIDAE; GALLIFORMES; PICA; PICA PICA;

EID: 0032858081     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1205     Document Type: Article

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