The ontogeny of social skills: experimental increases in social complexity enhance reproductive success in adult cowbirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-390

  White, David J ^a   Gersick, Andrew S ^a   Freed Brown, Grace ^a   Snyder Mackler, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brown headed cowbird; cowbird; development; mating success; Molothrus ater; social learning

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; MATING SUCCESS; ONTOGENY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 74649083539     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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