Are unusually colored eggs a signal to potential conspecific brood parasites?

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 451-458

  Ruxton, G D ^a   Broom, M ^a   Colegrave, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg dumping; Evolution of honest signals; Host parasite systems; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; EGG; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; SIGNALING;

EID: 0035080950     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319319     Document Type: Article

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