Brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds on brown thrashers: Frequency and rates of rejection

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 535-540

  Haas, Carola A ^a   Haas, Katherine H ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Key School   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasite; Egg recognition; Egg rejection; Host behavior; Molothrus ater; Toxostoma rufum

Indexed keywords

MOLOTHRUS ATER; TOXOSTOMA RUFUM;

EID: 0031880045     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369720     Document Type: Article

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