Stealing of dunked food in Carib grackles (Quiscalus lugubris)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-347

  Morand Ferron, Julie ^a   Veillette, Mélisa ^a   Lefebvre, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti kleptoparasitic tactic; Food processing; Kleptoparasitism; Tool use

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROCESSING; INGESTION RATE; PARASITISM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRD; CARIB GRACKLES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; KLEPTOMANIA; KLEPTOPARASITISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; QUISCALUS LUGUBRIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER IMMERSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; PASSERIFORMES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; QUISCALUS; QUISCALUS LUGUBRIS;

EID: 33750015695     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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