Brood parasitism increases provisioning rate, and reduces offspring recruitment and adult return rates, in a cowbird host

Oecologia

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 165-173

  Hoover, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Reetz, Matthew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult returns; Brood parasitism; Food provisioning; Natal philopatry; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; FEEDING; FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; HOST; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NESTLING; PARASITE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ILLINOIS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PROTONOTARIA CITREA;

EID: 33748532494     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0424-1     Document Type: Article

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