The economics of nestmate killing in avian brood parasites: A provisions trade-off

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-140

  Gloag, Ros ^a   Tuero, Diego T ^b   Fiorini, Vanina D ^b   Reboreda, Juan C ^b   Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

brood parasitism; Molothrus bonariensis; shiny cowbird; virulence

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROVISIONING; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NESTLING; PARASITE; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; VIRULENCE;

AVES; MIMUS SATURNINUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 84555204637     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr166     Document Type: Article

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