Why do Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo Chalcites basalis eggs mimic those of their hosts?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1127-1131

  Langmore, N E ^a   Kilner, R M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cuckoo egg replacement; Cuckoos; Egg mimicry; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY; PARASITISM; SUPERPARASITISM;

CHALCITES BASALIS; CUCULIDAE; MALURUS; MALURUS CYANEUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 67349231311     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0759-9     Document Type: Article

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