Individual roosting strategies in a flock-living bird: Movement and social cohesion of hooded crows (Corvus corone cornix) from pre-roost gatherings to roost sites

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-318

  Sonerud, Geir A ^a   Hansen, Henning ^b   Smedshaug, Christian A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Assoc for Hunters/Anglers   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communal roosting; Corvus corone cornix; Pre roost gathering; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

COHESION; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SNOW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX;

EID: 0036523897     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-001-0440-4     Document Type: Article

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