Brown-headed cowbird (molothrus ater) parasitism on warbling vireos (Vireo gilvus) in southwest Colorado

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 759-764

  Ortega, Catherine P ^a   Ortega, Joseph C ^a  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; NESTLING; PARASITISM; PASSERINE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES; VIREO; VIREO GILVUS; VIREONIDAE;

EID: 0042424914     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090105     Document Type: Article

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