Regional variation in response of field sparrows to the threat of brown-headed cowbird parasitism

Auk

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 776-780

  Burhans, D E ^a   Strausberger, B M ^a   Carey, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BROOD PARASITISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIDAE; SPIZELLA PUSILLA;

EID: 0034806404     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089944     Document Type: Article

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