Cowbird parasitism of Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps: Implications for conservation and management

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-75

  Oppel, Steffen ^a   Schaefer, H Martin ^b   Schmidt, Veronika ^b   Schröder, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ATLAPETES; ATLAPETES PALLIDICEPS; AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS;

EID: 2342547809     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270904000103     Document Type: Article

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