Breeding success of a specialist brood parasite, the Screaming Cowbird, parasitizing an alternative host

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-72

  Mermoz, Myriam E ^a,c   Fernández, Gustavo J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Brood parasitism; Brown and yellow Marshbird; Host specialization; Screaming Cowbird; Shiny Cowbird

Indexed keywords

AGELAIOIDES BADIUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; MOLOTHRUS RUFOAXILLARIS; PSEUDOLEISTES VIRESCENS;

EID: 0037329946     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[63:BSOSBP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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