Ranging behavior of female and male Shiny Cowbirds and Screaming Cowbirds while searching for host nests

Auk

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 610-618

  Scardamaglia, Romina C ^a   Reboreda, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Molothrus bonariensis; Molothrus rufoaxillaris; Nest searching; Radio telemetry; Social monogamy

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD PARASITISM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; RANGE SIZE; TERRITORIALITY;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; MOLOTHRUS RUFOAXILLARIS;

EID: 84908680930     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/AUK-14-54.1     Document Type: Article

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