Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1717, 2011, Pages 2455-2463

  Langmore, Naomi E ^a   Stevens, Martin ^b   Maurer, Golo ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^c   Hall, Michelle L ^d   Peters, Anne ^d   Kilner, Rebecca M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cuckoo; Visual mimicry

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; HOST RANGE; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NESTLING; VISION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

AVES; CUCULIDAE;

EID: 79960131187     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2391     Document Type: Article

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