The frontline of avian brood parasite-host coevolution

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Feeney, William E ^a   Welbergen, Justin A ^a,b   Langmore, Naomi E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arms race; Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cowbird; Cuckoo; The frontline

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG PARASITOID; MORPHOLOGY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

AVES;

EID: 84862766238     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.011     Document Type: Review

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