Nest defence against avian brood parasites is promoted by egg-removal events in a cowbird-host system

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 885-891

  Campobello, Daniela ^a   Sealy, Spencer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiparasite response; Brown headed cowbird; Individual learning; Molothrus ater; Nest defence; Setophaga petechia; Social learning; Yellow warbler

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BROOD PARASITISM; CONSPECIFIC; EGG PREDATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LEARNING; NEST GUARDING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

AVES; DENDROICA PETECHIA; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 80052770286     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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