Cowbird Parasitism, Host Fitness, and Age of the Host Female in an Island Song Sparrow Population
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 83 (2) , 152-161
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1367420
Abstract
Mandarte Island, British Columbia, was colonized by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) after an intensive study of the resident Song Sparrow (Melospiza melo...This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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