Nest desertion by a cowbird host: An antiparasite behavior or a response to egg loss?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 917-924

  Kosciuch, K L ^a   Parker, T H ^a   Sandercock, B K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell's vireo; Brown headed cowbird; Egg predation; Evolutionary lag; Host parasite coevolution; Molothrus ater; Vireo bellii

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD DESERTION; EGG; MONITORING; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITISM; PREDATION; SONGBIRD;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERI; VIREO; VIREO BELLII; VIREONIDAE;

EID: 33749530853     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl025     Document Type: Article

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