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

W. Andrew Cox; Frank R. Thompson III; Brian Root; John Faaborg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047591

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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

W. Andrew Cox ,

* E-mail: wac253@mail.missouri.edu

Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Frank R. Thompson III,

Affiliation U.S.D.A. Forest Service Northern Research Station, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Brian Root,

Affiliation Missouri Department of Conservation, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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John Faaborg

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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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

W. Andrew Cox,
Frank R. Thompson III,
Brian Root,
John Faaborg

Published: October 15, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047591

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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

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