Co-evolutionary dynamics of egg appearance in avian brood parasitism

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-362

  Takasu, Fugo ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arms race; Avian brood parasitism; Co evolution; Egg appearance; Ideal free evolution; Quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 1842856866     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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