Cuckoo adaptations: Trickery and tuning

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Davies, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Co evolution; Communication; Cuckoo; Deception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNICATION; HOST PREFERENCE; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY;

CUCULIDAE;

EID: 79955136370     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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