Efficacy of trapping and shooting in removing breeding brown-headed cowbirds

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1107-1112

  Summers, Scott G ^a   Kostecke, Richard M ^a   Norman, Garrett L ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Brown headed cowbirds; Cost effectiveness; Cowbird control; Fort Hood; Molothrus ater; Shooting; Texas; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD PARASITISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; TRAPPING;

FORT HOOD; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 33845975650     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1107:EOTASI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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