Long-term coevolution between avian brood parasites and their hosts

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 688-704

  Soler, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Coevolutionary arms race; Host defences; Lack of rejection; Long term outcomes of brood parasite host coevolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Successful resistance

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84898876763     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12075     Document Type: Article

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