Reproductive success of the Northern Cardinal, a large host of Brown-headed cowbirds

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-178

  Eckerle, Kevin P ^a,b   Breitwisch, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anti parasite behavior; brood parasitism; Brown headed Cowbird; Mayfield analysis; nesting success; Northern Cardinal; reproductive success

Indexed keywords

CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0030905074     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370235     Document Type: Article

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