Do life-history variables of European cuckoo hosts explain their egg-rejection behavior?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Soler, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Evolutionary equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CHALCITES BASALIS; CHRYSOCOCCYX; CHRYSOCOCCYX BASALIS; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 0032907283     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.1.1     Document Type: Article

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