Conventional oil and natural gas infrastructure increases brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) relative abundance and parasitism in mixed-grass prairie [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The rapid expansion of oil and natural gas development across the Northern Great Plains has contributed to habitat fragmentation, which may facilitate brood parasitism of ground-nesting grassland songbird nests by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater ...
Jacy Bernath-Plaisted +2 more
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Sampling locality is more detectable than taxonomy or ecology in the gut microbiota of the brood-parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) are the most widespread avian brood parasite in North America, laying their eggs in the nests of approximately 250 host species that raise the cowbird nestlings as their own.
Sarah M. Hird +4 more
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Long-term trends in grassland bird relative abundance on focal grassland landscapes in Missouri. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 North American grassland birds have widely declined over the past 50 years, largely due to anthropogenic-driven loss of native prairie habitat. In response to these declines, many conservation programs have been implemented to help secure wildlife ...
Alexander R Schindler +7 more
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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. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 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.
W Andrew Cox +3 more
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Functional neurogenomic responses to acoustic threats, including a heterospecific referential alarm call and its referent, in the auditory forebrain of red-winged blackbirds [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIn animal communication, functionally referential alarm calls elicit the same behavioral responses as their referents, despite their typically distinct bioacoustic traits.
N. D. Antonson +6 more
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Offshore vagrancy in passerines is predicted by season, wind-drift, and species characteristics [PDF]
Movement EcologyBackground Migratory birds accomplish remarkable feats of long-distance navigation. Vagrants, few individuals who migrate to incorrect locations, reveal conditions where orientation and navigation fail.
William E. Brooks
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El Hornero, 2021 Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris) is highly specialized parasitizing only three species, making records of new hosts very informative. During 2017 we studied nesting success on roadsides in Argentine Pampas. Fifty-seven nests (46%) belonged to
Myriam E. Mermoz +3 more
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Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2021 Many avian species are negatively impacted by obligate avian brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of host species. The yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia), which is host to the brood-parasitic brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater ...
Shelby L. Lawson +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Referential alarm calls that denote specific types of dangers are common across diverse vertebrate lineages. Different alarm calls can indicate a variety of threats, which often require specific actions to evade. Thus, to benefit from the call, listeners
Shelby L. Lawson +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Parental care can be costly to parents’ fitness. As such, abandonment of the current reproductive attempt may benefit potential future opportunities, maximising lifetime reproductive success.
Antoine V. Turcotte-van de Rydt +6 more
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