Signals of need in parent-offspring communication and their exploitation by the common cuckoo

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6721, 1999, Pages 667-672

  Kilner, R M ^a   Noble, D G ^a   Davies, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIRD; FEEDING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033602108     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17746     Document Type: Article

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