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Brood Parasitism in Birds: A Coevolutionary Point of View

  • Soler M
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73138-4_1
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Abstract

Interspecific brood parasitism is a breeding strategy in which the brood parasite female evades all parental care by laying its eggs in host nests. Fitness costs imposed on hosts by brood parasitic adults or nestlings select for host defences setting the stage for a...

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Soler, M. (2017). Brood Parasitism in Birds: A Coevolutionary Point of View (pp. 1–19). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73138-4_1

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