Cuckoo-hawk mimicry? An experimental test

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1644, 2008, Pages 1817-1822

  Davies, N B ^a   Welbergen, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cuckoo; Mimicry; Sparrowhawk

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRYPSIS; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIMICRY; PARASITISM; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOVE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HAWK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER NISUS; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 45249089880     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0331     Document Type: Article

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