Cuckoos versus hosts in insects and birds: Adaptations, counter-adaptations and outcomes

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 836-852

  Kilner, Rebecca M ^a   Langmore, Naomi E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arms race; Chemical insignificance; Co evolution; Cowbird; Hydrocarbon; Polistes; Recognition system; Slave making ant; Social parasite; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; HEXAPODA; POLISTES;

EID: 80052224553     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00173.x     Document Type: Review

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