Fate of Grackle (Quiscalus spp.) defenses in the absence of brood parasitism: Implications for long-term parasite-host coevolution

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1172-1186

  Peer, Brian D ^a,b   Sealy, Spencer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SIMPSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG REJECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS AENEUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES; QUISCALUS; QUISCALUS MAJOR; QUISCALUS MEXICANUS; QUISCALUS QUISCULA;

EID: 7644225668     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090485     Document Type: Article

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