Does nest defence deter or facilitate cowbird parasitism? A test of the nesting-cue hypothesis

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-71

  Gill, Sharon A ^a   Grieef, Paula M ^a   Staib, Lisa M ^a   Sealy, Spencer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

BROOD PARASITISM; BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD; NEST DEFENCE;

EID: 0030613088     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00007.x     Document Type: Article

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