Communication between hosts and social parasites

Sociobiology of Communication: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nash, Davod R ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Appeasement; Camouflage; Insignificance; Maculinea; Microdon; Mimicry; Propaganda; Social parasite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216840.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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