Density-dependent habitat selection by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) in tallgrass prairie

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 136-149

  Jensen, William E ^a   Cully Jr , Jack F ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Ideal free distribution; Isodar; Molothrus ater; Spiza americana

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; KANSAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OKLAHOMA; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FLINT HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PERCIDAE; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 11944270446     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1709-x     Document Type: Article

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