Climate change and coevolution in the cuckoo–reed warbler system

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 581-597

  Berkowic, Daniel ^a   Stokke, Bård G ^b   Meiri, Shai ^a   Markman, Shai ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arms race; Birds; Body size; Brood parasitism; Climate change; Egg size

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; BODY SIZE; BROOD PARASITISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEVOLUTION; EGG SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIMICRY; SONGBIRD;

ACROCEPHALUS; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 84930758057     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-015-9763-x     Document Type: Article

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