Habitat selection for parasite-free space by hosts of parasitic cowbirds

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 464-470

  Forsman, Jukka T ^a   Martin, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BREEDING SITE; BROOD PARASITISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENEMY FREE SPACE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 61849099810     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17000.x     Document Type: Article

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