Multiple parasitism of the red-winged blackbird: Further experimental evidence of evolutionary lag in a common host of the brown-headed cowbird

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 408-413

  Ward, David ^a,b   Lindholm, Anna K ^a,c   Smith, James N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008289555     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088907     Document Type: Article

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