Broad parasitic cowbird nestlings use host young to procure resources

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5685, 2004, Pages 877-879

  Kilner, Rebecca M ^a   Madden, Joah R ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^b,c  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS;

ALTRUISM; HOST OFFSPRINGS; PARASITES; PARASITIC NESTLINGS;

ECOLOGY;

BROOD PARASITISM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTLING;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EVOLUTION; HATCHING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLOTHRUS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 3843144881     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1098487     Document Type: Article

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