Cuckoos, cowbirds and the persistence of brood parasitism

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 338-343

  Winfree, Rachael ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BROOD PARASITISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRD; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0033198266     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01643-2     Document Type: Review

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