Cache spacing patterns and reciprocal cache theft in New Zealand robins

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1043-1049

  Van Horik, Jayden ^a   Burns, K C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

competition; food hoarding; kleptoparasitism; New Zealand robin; Petroica australis; pilferage; social dominance

Indexed keywords

CACHING; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KLEPTOPARASITISM; PASSERINE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPACING; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 34250006237     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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