Reproductive success of the specialist brood parasite Screaming Cowbird in an alternative host, the Chopi Blackbird

Auk

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-24

  Di Giacomo, Alejandro G ^a   Reboreda, Juan C ^b  

^a Programa Patagonia   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Gnorimopsar chopi; Host use; Molothrus rufoaxillaris

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; BROOD REARING; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIALIST; SURVIVAL;

ARGENTINA;

GNORIMOPSAR CHOPI; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS RUFOAXILLARIS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 84919644564     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/AUK-13-008.1     Document Type: Article

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