Fat reserves and perceived predation risk in the great tit, Parus major

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1466, 2001, Pages 487-491

  Gentle, L K ^a   Gosler, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fat reserves; Great tit; Parus major; Predation risk; Starvation predation trade off

Indexed keywords

FAT RESERVE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; STARVATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RISK; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STARVATION; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035819837     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1405     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Patterns of lipid storage and utilisation in birds
2. Avian energy storage
3. Coal tits, Parus ater, lose weight in response to chases by predators
4. Interaction between environmental stress, body condition, nutritional status and dominance in Mediterranean great tits (Parus major) during winter
5. Dominance and anti-predator behaviour of great tits, Parus major: A field study
6. Using priority of food access: Fattening strategies in dominance structured willow tit (Parus montanus) flocks
7. Migratory fuelling in blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) under perceived risk of predation
8. Dominance behaviour and winter habitat distribution in juncos (Junco hyemalis)
9. Environmental and social determinants of winter fat storage in the great tit Parus major
10. Body reserves and social dominance in the great tit Parus major in relation to winter weather in southwest Ireland
11. Assessing the heritability of body condition in birds: A challenge exemplified by the great tit Parus major L (Ayes)
12. Predation risk and the cost of being fat
13. Fattening strategies in dominance-structured greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) flocks in winter
14. Flight performance in relation to fuel load in birds
15. Dominance and anti-predator behaviour in blue tits (Parus caeruleus)
16. Social rank and anti-predatory behaviour of willow tits, Parus montanus, in winter flocks
17. Variation in body weight in Gambel's white-crowned sparrow in winter and spring: Latitudinal and photoperiodic correlates
18. Do subordinates expose themselves to predation? Field experiments on feeding site selection by willow tits
19. Does diurnal variation in body mass affect take-off ability in wintering willow tits?
20. Impaired predator evasion in fat blackcaps (Syria atricapilla)
21. The effect of predator presence on body mass in captive greenfinches
22. Yellowhammers get fatter in the presence of a predator
23. Dominance behaviour, body-weight and fat variations, and partial migration in European blackbirds Turdus merula
24. Foraging routines of small birds in winter - A theoretical investigation
25. Diurnal variation in flight performance and hence potential predation risk in small birds
26. Interactions between tit flocks and sparrow-hawks Accipiter nisus
27. The relationship between social dominance, subcutaneous fat, and annual survival in wintering white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis)
28. Feeding consequences of the dominance status in great tit, Parus major groups
29. Management of fat reserves in tufted titmice Baelophus bicolor in relation to risk of predation
30. Social dominance and energy reserves in wintering woodland birds
31. Effects of predation risk on diurnal mass dynamics and foraging routines of yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella)
32. A reassessment of the effect of body mass upon flight speed and predation risk in birds
33. Social dominance and energy reserves in flocks of willow tits
34. The ecological costs of avian fat storage
35. Experimental investigations of mass-dependent predation risk in the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris