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Do climatic conditions affect host and parasite phenotypes differentially? A case study of magpies and great spotted cuckoos.
Oecologia - 1 Feb 2014
Soler Juan J, De Neve Liesbeth, Martín-Gálvez David, Molina-Morales Mercedes, Pérez-Contreras Tomás, Ruiz-Rodríguez Magdalena
Abstract excerpt
Climatic conditions, through their effects on resource availability, may affect important life history strategies and trade-offs in animals, as well as their interactions with other organisms such as parasites. This impact may depend on species-specific pathways of development that differ even among species with similar resource requirements (e.g., avian brood parasites and their hosts). Here we explore the...
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