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Declining Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Populations Are Associated with Landscape-Specific Reductions in Brood Parasitism and Increases in Songbird Productivity

Many songbird species have experienced significant population declines, partly because of brood parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), which is positively associated with increasing landscape forest cover in the midwestern United States. However, cowbirds are also experiencing long...

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Autores principales: Cox, W. Andrew, Thompson, Frank R., Root, Brian, Faaborg, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23077647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047591