Shiny cowbirds follow the 'shotgun' strategy of brood parasitism

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 647-654

  Kattan, Gustavo H ^a,b  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (Colombia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; FECUNDITY; HOUSE WREN; SHINY COWBIRD;

MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 0031082126     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0339     Document Type: Article

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