Correlates of egg rejection in hosts of the Brown-headed Cowbird

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 580-599

  Peer, Brian D ^a,b   Sealy, Spencer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SIMPSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cowbird; Egg rejection; Host defenses; Molothrus ater

Indexed keywords

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 4043165434     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7412     Document Type: Article

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