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Poyser London (GBR) 310p dessins & 8 pl phot coul
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Blackwell Science Oxford (GBR) 4°ed 456p ill
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Proc R Soc B 63 p925-931
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This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. The theme is the influence of natural selection on behaviour – an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selectin[...]
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Oxford University Press Oxford (GBR) 272p ill
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Nicholas Barry Davies, AuteurThe sight of a small bird feeding a young Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, even as the cuckoo grows to ten times its own body weight, is astonishing. Why are the hosts apparently being so stupid? Do they accept cuckoo eggs and chicks because they [...]
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Nicholas Barry Davies, AuteurExperiments show co-evolution between the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus and its hosts. Both egg mimicry and laying behaviour of cuckoos have evolved in relation to host defences. In turn, host egg rejection and aggression to cuckoos have evolved[...]
