Multiple effects of brood parasitism reduce the reproductive success of prothonotary warblers, Protonotaria citrea

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 923-934

  Hoover, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PROTONOTARIA; PROTONOTARIA CITREA;

EID: 0038751902     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2155     Document Type: Article

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