Self-referent phenotype matching in a brood parasite: The armpit effect in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-117

  Hauber, Mark E ^a   Sherman, Paul W ^a   Paprika, Dóra ^b  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Armpit effect; Brood parasites; Conspecific recognition; Phenotype matching; Self referencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000101078     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710000071     Document Type: Article

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