Brood parasitism selects for no defence in a cuckoo host

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1719, 2011, Pages 2777-2783

  Kruger, Oliver ^a,b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arms race; Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Egg acceptance; Optimal behaviour

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIMICRY; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EGG SHELL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTING; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

CLAMATOR JACOBINUS; CUCULIDAE; PYCNONOTIDAE; PYCNONOTUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 79955153142     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2629     Document Type: Article

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