Predator-induced plasticity in nest visitation rates in the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 309-315

  Eggers, Sönke ^a,b   Griesser, Michael ^a,b   Ekman, Jan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allofeeding; Antipredator behavior; Nest activity; Nest defense; Nest predation; Parental care; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation risk allocation hypothesis; Skutch's hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES; CORVIDA; PERISOREUS; PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

EID: 12244277893     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh163     Document Type: Article

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