The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is not locally adapted to its reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus host

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-325

  Aviles J M ^a,b   Vikan, J R ^b,c   Fossoy F ^b,c   Antonov, A ^b,c   Moksnes, A ^b,c   Roskaft E ^b,c   Shykoff, J A ^b,d   Moller A P ^b,d   jensen, H ^c   Prochazka P ^e   Stokke, B G ^b,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Coevolution; Cuculus canorus; Geographical mosaic; Local adaptation; Mimicry; Specialization

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; COEXISTENCE; EGG; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MIMICRY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIALIZATION; VOLUME;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 78651455301     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02168.x     Document Type: Article

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