Social learning of a brood parasite by its host

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Feeney, William E ^a   Langmore, Naomi E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cuckoo; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ARMS RACE; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LEARNING; MOBBING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CUCULIDAE; MALURUS CYANEUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; CUCKOO; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; BIRDS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; CUCKOO; SOCIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84880809370     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0443     Document Type: Article

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