Rapid increase in cuckoo egg matching in a recently parasitized reed warbler population

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1901-1910

  Aviles J M ^a   Stokke, B G ^b   Moksnes, A ^b   Roskaft E ^b   Asmul M ^b   Moller A P ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Avian brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cuckoo preference hypothesis; Egg appearance; Egg mimicry change; Host selection

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EGG PRODUCTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; SONGBIRD; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 33750006527     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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