Host switching in cowbird brood parasites: How often does it occur?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1290-1297

  Dominguez M ^a   de la Colina, M A ^a   Di Giacomo, A G ^b   Reboreda, J C ^a   Mahler, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Aves Argentinas Asociación Ornitológica del Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Host switches; Migration rate; Screaming cowbird; Shiny cowbird

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COEXISTENCE; FLEDGING; GENERALIST; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; MIGRATION; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; MOLOTHRUS RUFOAXILLARIS;

GENETIC MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EGG LAYING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NESTING; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; PASSERIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84931569565     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12649     Document Type: Article

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