Parasitic cowbirds may defeat host defense by causing rejecters to misimprint on cowbird eggs

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 691-699

  Strausberger, Bill M ^a   Rothstein, Stephen I ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Cowbird; Egg recognition; Imprint; Misimprint; Molothrus ater; Parasite host interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EGG REJECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 67651122973     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp042     Document Type: Article

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