Cuckoo : cheating by nature /

How does the cuckoo get away with laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and tricking them into raising young cuckoos rather than their own offspring? Early observers who noticed a little warbler feeding a monstrously large cuckoo chick concluded the cuckoo's lack of parental care was the...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Davies, N. B. (Nicholas B.), 1952- (Author)
Other Authors:	McCallum, James (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Subjects:	Cuckoos > Behavior. Brood parasitism. Cuckoos > Evolution. Cuckoos > Life cycles. Host-parasite relationships. Parasitic birds > Behavior. Birds > Behavior. Behavior evolution. Evolution (Biology)