Does cowbird parasitism increase predation risk to American redstart nests?

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1035-1043

  Hannon, Susan J ^a   Wilson, Scott ^b   McCallum, Cindy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROOD PARASITISM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SURVIVAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; PASSERI; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 67649525670     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17383.x     Document Type: Article

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