Community-level patterns of host use by the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater), a generalist brood parasite

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-273

  Rivers, James W ^a,d   Jensen, William E ^b   Kosciuch, Karl L ^c,e   Rothstein, Stephen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Bell's vireo; Brood parasitism; Community level parasitism; Dickcissel; Host use; Molothrus ater; Multiple parasitism; Red winged blackbird; Spiza americana; Vireo bellii

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST USE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA; VIREO; VIREO BELLII;

EID: 77951923068     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09053     Document Type: Article

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