Host life-history strategies and the evolution of chick-killing by brood parasitic offspring

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-34

  Broom, Mark ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b   Kilner, Rebecca M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cowbird; Cuckoo; Desertion; Eviction; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; BROOD PARASITISM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; NESTLING; PARASITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 38149100059     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm096     Document Type: Article

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