• Sex Allocation in Relation to Host Races in the Brood-Parasitic Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 

      Fossøy, Frode; Moksnes, Arne; Røskaft, Eivin; Antonov, Anton Tinchov; Dyrcz, Andrzej; Moskát, Csaba; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Rutila, Jarkko; Vikan, Johan Reinert; Stokke, Bård Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Sex allocation theory and empirical evidence both suggest that natural selection should favour maternal control of offspring sex ratio in relation to their ability to invest in the offspring. Generalist parasites constitute ...