Cuckoos versus hosts in insects and birds: adaptations, counter‐adaptations and outcomes

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society

• Publication date

  2011-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00173.xPMID 21223481
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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