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Description: |
vii, 114 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
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General Note: |
Papers presented at a symposium entitled "Ecology and Evolution of Host-Parasite Interactions and Cowbird Management" held during the American Ornithologists' Union Annual Meeting in Urbana, Ill., in 2003. |
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Language Note: |
Abstracts also in Spanish. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Research directions and cowbird (Molothrus spp.) management / Catherine P. Ortega, Jameson F. Chace, and Brian D. Peer -- Issues and controversies of cowbird (Molothrus spp.) management / Catherine P. Ortega, Alexander Cruz, and Myriam E. Mermoz -- Parasitism, productivity, and population growth : response of least Bell's vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus) and southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) to cowbird (Molothrus spp.) control / Barbara E. Kus and Mary J. Whitfield -- Effects of brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) removal on black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) nest success and population growth at Fort Hood, Texas / Richard M. Kostecke [and others] -- Ecology and management of shiny cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis) and endangered yellow-shouldered blackbirds (Agelaius xanthomus) in Puerto Rico / Alexander Cruz [and others] -- Cowbird (Molothrus spp.) ecology : a review of factors influencing distribution and abundance of cowbirds across spatial scales / Jameson F. Chace [and others] -- Behavioral ecology of the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) in a bison-grazed landscape in New Mexico / Christopher B. Goguen, David R. Curson, and Nancy E. Mathews -- Host defenses against cowbird (Molothrus spp.) parasitism : implications for cowbird management / Brian D. Peer [and others] -- Conservation solutions for threatened and endangered cowbird (Molothrus spp.) hosts : separating fact from fiction / Stephen I. Rothstein and Brian D. Peer. |
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Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0610/2004118163.html |