A brood parasite selects for its own egg traits

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Spottiswoode, Claire N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Intraspecific competition; Mimicry; Superparasitism; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG; HOST; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIMICRY; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

APOIDEA; AVES; INDICATOR INDICATOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COEVOLUTION; EGG; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIMICRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPERPARASITISM; VIRULENCE;

COEVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIMICRY; SUPERPARASITISM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; EGGS;

EID: 84936845822     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0573     Document Type: Article

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