Alternative mechanisms of increased eggshell hardness of avian brood parasites relative to host species

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 64, 2011, Pages 1654-1664

  Igic, Branislav ^a,h   Braganza, Kim ^b   Hyland, Margaret M ^b   Silyn Roberts, Heather ^b   Cassey, Phillip ^c,d   Grim, Tomas ^e   Rutila, Jarkko ^c   Csaba, Moskat́ ^f   Hauber, Mark E ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Host parasite coevolution; Microhardness; Puncture ejection; Recognition systems

Indexed keywords

MICROHARDNESS;

BROOD PARASITE; CO-EVOLUTION; HIGH DENSITY; INNER REGION; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL MECHANISMS; PARASITE EGGS; PARASITE-; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; PUNCTURE EJECTION; RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SHELL LAYERS; SHELL MATRIX; SHELL STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

INORGANIC COMPOUND; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCKOO; CUCULUS CANORUS; EGG SHELL; HARDNESS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH;

AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 80054740677     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0207     Document Type: Article

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