Costs of brood parasitism and the lack of defenses on the yellow-winged blackbird - Shiny cowbird system

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-280

  Massoni, Viviana ^a,b   Reboreda, Juan Carlos ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agelaius thilius; Brood parasitism; Molothrus bonariensis; Shiny cowbirds; Yellow winged blackbirds

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EGG POLYMORPHISM; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AGELAIUS THILIUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS;

EID: 0031864178     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050439     Document Type: Article

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