Planning host exploitation through prospecting visits by parasitic cowbirds

We studied visits to potential host nests by two avian brood parasites, the host generalist shiny cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis, and the host specialist screaming cowbird, M. rufoaxillaris, in the periods preceding and overlapping the laying period of their hosts. Our goal was to examine the hypoth...

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Main Authors: Scardamaglia, R, Fiorini, V, Kacelnik, A, Reboreda, J
Format: Journal article
Published: Springer Verlag 2016