Rejection of brood-parasitic shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis nestlings by the firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 463-467

  Delhey, Kaspar ^a,b   Carrizo, Martín ^c   Verniere, Lucas ^c   Mahler, Bettina ^d   Peters, Anne ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Félix San Martín 576 ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HATCHING; INCUBATION; NESTLING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; RECOGNITION; SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANUMBIUS ANNUMBI; AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS;

EID: 80755167711     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05439.x     Document Type: Article

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