Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) are Sentinels More When Well-Fed (Even with no Kin Nearby)

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 895-903

  Bednekoff, Peter A ^a   Woolfenden, Glen E ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KIN SELECTION; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CORVIDAE;

EID: 0345447010     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0179-1613.2003.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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