Differential reproductive success of Brown-headed Cowbirds with Northern Cardinals and three other hosts

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-271

  Scott, David M ^a   Lemon, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brown headed Cowbird Molothrus ater ater; Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina; Cowbird reproductive success; cowbird host laying synchrony; Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis; nesting mortality; Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis; Song Sparrow Melodia melospiza; Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia

Indexed keywords

CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CAROLINENSIS; DENDROICA PETECHIA; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; MOLOTHRUS ATER ATER; PASSERIDAE; SPIZELLA PASSERINA;

EID: 0029818806     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369144     Document Type: Article

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