Common waxbills use carnivore scat to reduce the risk of nest predation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-137

  Schuetz, Justin G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nest; Carnivore scat; Estrilda astrild; Life history evolution; Nest material; Nest predation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FECES; NEST PREDATION; NEST STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ESTRILDA; ESTRILDA ASTRILD; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 12244260365     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh139     Document Type: Article

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