Costs of parasitism incurred by two songbird species and their quality as cowbird hosts

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 364-373

  Burhans, Dirk E ^a   Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Faaborg, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Molothrus ater; Nest desertion; Nestling growth; Passerina cyanea; Spizella pusilla

Indexed keywords

MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERINA CYANEA; SPIZELLA PUSILLA;

EID: 0034070571     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369649     Document Type: Article

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