Breeding biology of brood parasitic Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) characterized by parent-offspring and sibling-group reconstruction

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 433-445

  Strausberger, Bill M ^a,b   Ashley, Mary V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; BROOD PARASITISM; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0012454531     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090196     Document Type: Article

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