Offspring development mode and the evolution of brood parasitism

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-524

  Dearborn, Donald C ^a   MacDade, Lauren S ^a,d   Robinson, Scott ^b   Dowling Fink, Alix D ^c   Fink, Mark L ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altricial; Brood parasitism; Cuckoo; Facultative; Obligate; Precocial

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PRECOCIALITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SONGBIRD;

AVES; COCCYZUS; CUCULIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 66149090435     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp026     Document Type: Article

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