Brown-headed cowbird nestlings influence nestmate begging, but not parental feeding, in hosts of three distinct sizes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Rivers, James W ^a   Loughin, Thomas M ^b   Rothstein, Stephen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

begging; brood parasitism; brown headed cowbird; host parasite interaction; Molothrus ater; offspring solicitation; parent feeding; provisioning behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BROOD PARASITISM; FITNESS; FOOD PROVISIONING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTLING; PASSERINE;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 72149102989     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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