Parasites, predators and the duration of developmental periods

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-301

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEST PREDATION; PARASITISM;

AVES;

EID: 28144462894     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.14005.x     Document Type: Article

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