Cuckoos and cowbirds versus hosts: Co-evolutionary lag and equilibrium

Ostrich

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-79

  Davies, Nicholas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033096118     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1999.9639751     Document Type: Article

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