Begging call matching between a specialist brood parasite and its host: A comparative approach to detect coevolution

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 208-216

  Anderson, Michael G ^a   Ross, Howard A ^b   Brunton, Dianne H ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^b,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Mimicry; Nestling rejection; Recognition systems

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY; PHYLOGENETICS; RECOGNITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CHALCITES LUCIDUS; GERYGONE IGATA;

EID: 69449087994     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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