Nest predation and cowbird parasitism create a demographic sink in wetland-breeding song sparrows

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 622-633

  Rogers, Christopher M ^a,b   Taitt, Mary J ^a   Smith, James N M ^a   Jonoejan, Gwen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Melospiza melodia; Metapopulations; Molothrus ater; Predation on eggs and nestlings; Songbird population declines; Source sink population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0030798892     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370474     Document Type: Article

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