Individual patterns of habitat and nest-site use by hosts promote transgenerational transmission of avian brood parasitism status

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1208-1214

  Hoover, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Hauber, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cowbird; Habitat use; Host parasite interactions; Prothonotary warbler; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; HABITAT USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEST BOX; NEST SITE; PHILOPATRY; SONGBIRD; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PROTONOTARIA; PROTONOTARIA CITREA;

EID: 35148841459     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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