This data set concerns the possible effects of brood parasitism on the species composition of a songbird community. Your instructor will give you directions about using this file to make figures ...
The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) in North America is an obligate or generalist brood parasite of over 200 songbirds. Numerous studies show reproductive losses for individual host species (e.g ...
For the past 40 years, brown-headed cowbirds have been trapped and killed in Michigan to prevent them from laying eggs in endangered Kirtland’s warbler nests—causing warbler parents to care for ...
A cowbird trap is again in Upper Buck Gully, all part of a five-year restoration plan. The traps usually are placed March 15 and will be removed Tuesday, following the birds’ nesting season. The first ...
Brown-headed cowbirds are not what one would call nice. The black birds with brown heads are known as brood parasites for their habit of laying eggs in the active nests of songbirds. Because their ...
For the past 40 years, brown-headed cowbirds have been trapped and killed in Michigan to prevent them from laying eggs in endangered Kirtland’s warbler nests—causing warbler parents to care for ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results