How to evade a coevolving brood parasite: Egg discrimination versus egg variability as host defences

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1724, 2011, Pages 3566-3573

  Spottiswoode, Claire N ^a,b   Stevens, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Egg colour; Egg pattern; Vision

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; COLOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIMICRY; PASSERINE; POLYMORPHISM; VISION;

ANOMALOSPIZA IMBERBIS; AVES;

EID: 80054921126     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0401     Document Type: Article

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