Group-size and distance-to-neighbour effects on feeding and vigilance in brown-headed cowbirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 771-778

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Beauchamp, Guy ^b   Bastain, Bret ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

antipredator defence; brown headed cowbird; foraging; group size effect; Molothrus ater; nearest neighbour effect; social information transmission; vigilance scanning

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; SIZE EFFECT; VIGILANCE;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 34247889869     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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