Brood parasitism disproportionately increases nest provisioning and helper recruitment in a cooperatively breeding bird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2279-2286

  Ursino, Cynthia A ^a   De Mársico, María C ^a   Sued, Mariela ^b   Farall, Andrés ^a   Reboreda, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE CÁLCULO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agelaioides badius; Brood parasitism; Cooperative breeding; Molothrus; Nest provisioning

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BROOD PARASITISM; BROOD SIZE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EGG; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; MOLOTHRUS RUFOAXILLARIS;

EID: 80955163709     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1238-7     Document Type: Article

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