Relationship between nest predation suffered by hosts and brown-headed cowbird parasitism: A comparative study

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-111

  Avilés, Jesús M ^a   Stokke, Bård G ^b   Parejo, Deseada ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Comparative analysis; Cowbirds; Host selection; Nest predation; Passerines

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; HOST SELECTION; NEST PREDATION;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 33645238930     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-005-4989-7     Document Type: Article

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