Egg removal by Brown-headed Cowbirds: A field test of the host incubation efficiency hypothesis

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 851-857

  Wood, Douglas R ^a,b   Bollinger, Eric K ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Brown headed Cowbirds; Chipping Sparrows; Egg removal; Incubation efficiency; Molothrus ater; Red winged Blackbirds

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; SPIZELLA; SPIZELLA PASSERINA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0030727377     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370134     Document Type: Article

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