Increasing foraging group size increases scrounger use and reduces searching efficiency in nutmeg mannikins (Lonchura punctulata)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 232-238

  Coolen, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group size; Nutmeg mannikins; Producer scrounger; Searching efficiency; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROUP SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; LONCHURA PUNCTULATA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 0036705614     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0500-4     Document Type: Article

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