Rojas Ripari, Juan M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2297-7624
Segura, Luciano N.
Reboreda, Juan C.
De Mársico, María C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (PICT-2014-3347)
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (PICT-2013-1667)
Article History
Received: 10 April 2019
Revised: 27 August 2019
Accepted: 29 August 2019
First Online: 3 September 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. As the experimental protocols involving the handling of birds were of minimal impact, the University of Buenos Aires committee for animal care and use did not intervene. Manipulations of baywing nests were done under permit issued by the local authority (OPDS; 303/16). Whenever possible, baywing eggs that were removed were transferred to non-experimental nests in order to minimise host reproductive losses at manipulated broods. No cowbird or host nestling was harmed or died as a result of our manipulations (see below) and we did not detect differences in predation rates between experimental and non-experimental nests.