Break-down of arms race between the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) and common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-262

  Lovászi, Péter ^a   Moskát, Csaba ^b  

^a BirdLife Hungary   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arms race; Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Egg mimicry; Egg rejection; Intraspecific parasitism; Reparasitism

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144356130     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904322890843     Document Type: Article

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