Spatially and temporally structured avian brood parasitism affects the fitness benefits of hosts' rejection strategies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 881-890

  Hoover, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Yasukawa, Ken ^c   Hauber, Mark E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; COEVOLUTION; FITNESS; HOST; PASSERINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PROTONOTARIA; PROTONOTARIA CITREA;

EID: 33748752241     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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