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2016
Rivers JW, Peer BD. Relatedness constrains virulence in an obligate avian brood parasite. Ornithological Science. 2016;15(2):191 - 201. doi:10.2326/osj.15.191.
Liu WC, Rivers JW, White DJ. Vocal matching and intensity of begging calls are associated with a forebrain song circuit in a generalist brood parasite. Developmental Neurobiology. 2016;76(6):615 - 625. doi:10.1002/dneu.22348.
2014
Rivers JW, Blundell MA, Rothstein SI. Mismatched begging displays between foreign and host offspring reduce brood parasite fitness. Behavioral Ecology. 2014;25(4):785 - 793. doi:10.1093/beheco/aru055.
2013
Rivers JW, Blundell MA, Loughin TM, Peer BD, Rothstein SI. The exaggerated begging behaviour of an obligate avian brood parasite is shared with a nonparasitic close relative. Animal Behaviour. 2013;86:529 -536. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.06.004.
2012
Rivers JW, Young S, Gonzalez EG, Horton B, Lock J, Fleisher RC. High levels of relatedness between Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) nestmates in a heavily parasitized host community. The Auk. 2012;129:623 -631. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.11236.
2010
Rivers JW, Loughin TM, Rothstein SI. Brown-headed cowbird nestlings influence nestmate begging, but not parental feeding, in hosts of three distinct sizes. Animal Behaviour. 2010;79:107 -116. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.009.
2009
Rivers JW. Parent-absent begging in the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater): the role of short-term need and nestmate size. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2009;63:707 -717. doi:10.1007/s00265-008-0704-3.
2008
Sandercock BK, Hewett EL, Kosciuch KL. Effects of experimental cowbird removals on brood parasitism and nest predation in a grassland songbird. Auk. 2008;125:820 -830. doi:10.1525/auk.2008.06155.
2007
Rivers JW. Nest mate size, but not short-term need, influences begging behavior of a generalist brood parasite. Behavioral Ecology. 2007;18:222 -230. doi:10.1093/beheco/arl068.
2006
Kosciuch KL, Parker TH, Sandercock BK. Nest desertion bya cowbird host: an anti-parasite behavior or a response to egg loss?. Behavioral Ecology. 2006;17:917 -924. doi:10.1093/beheco/arl025.
2005
Jensen WE, Cully JF. Geographic variation in Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) parasitism on Dickcisssels (Spiza americana) in Great Plains tallgrass prairie. Auk. 2005;122:648 -660. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0648:GVIBCM]2.0.CO;2.