Impact of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds on Red-winged blackbird reproductive success

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a   Yasukawa, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Brood parasitism; Clutch size; Fledgling production; Molothrus ater; Nest abandonment; Nest success

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; TURDUS ILIACUS; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033053270     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370451     Document Type: Article

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