Growth strategies of passerine birds are related to brood parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus Ater)

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1692-1700

  Remeš, Vladimír ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Comparative analysis; Development; Growth; Habitat change; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; PASSERINE;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTING; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIBLING; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33750587902     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/06-170.1     Document Type: Article

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