The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 686-692

  Langmore, N E ^a   Kilner, R M ^b   Butchart, S H M ^b   Maurer, G ^a   Davies, N B ^b   Cockburn, A ^a   Macgregor, N A ^a,b   Peters, A ^a,c   Magrath, M J L ^d   Dowling, D K ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cowbirds; Cuckoos; Life history strategies

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG REJECTION; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

CUCULIDAE; MOLOTHRUS;

EID: 25644444537     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari041     Document Type: Article

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