Florida scrub-jays compensate for the sentinel behavior of flockmates

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 796-800

  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

BIRD; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES;

EID: 33745930554     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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