Social niches and sex assortment: Uncovering the developmental ecology of brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1015-1022

  Kohn, Gregory M ^a   King, Andrew P ^a   Scherschel, Leah L ^a   West, Meredith J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown headed cowbird; Development; Mate choice; Molothrus ater; Niche construction; Sex assortment; Sex segregation; Social ecology; Social niche

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MATE CHOICE; NICHE; PARADIGM SHIFT; PASSERINE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 80054716497     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.035     Document Type: Article

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