Associating with kin affects the trade-off between energy intake and exposure to predators in a social bird species

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 497-506

  Nystrand, Magdalena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

family; food quality; kinship; Perisoreus infaustus; Siberian jay

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRANT; KINSHIP; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

AVES; PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

EID: 34548616955     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.031     Document Type: Article

References (75)

1. Altman J. Observational study on behavior: sampling methods. Behaviour 49 (1974) 227-266
2. Barnard C.J. Flock feeding and time budgets in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus L.). Animal Behaviour 28 (1980) 295-309
3. Bednekoff P.A., and Lima S.L. Why are scanning patterns so variable? An overlooked question in the study of anti-predator vigilance. Journal of Avian Biology 33 (2002) 143-149
4. Black J.M., and Owen M. Parent-offspring relationships in wintering barnacle geese. Animal Behaviour 37 (1989) 187-198
5. Brown J.L., and Brown E.R. Parental facilitation: parent-offspring relations in communally breeding birds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 14 (1984) 203-209
6. Brown J.S. Helping and Communal Breeding in Birds (1987), Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
7. Brown J.S. Patch use as an indicator of habitat preference, predation risk, and competition. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 22 (1988) 37-47
8. Brown J.S., and Kotler B.P. Hazardous duty pay and the foraging cost of predation. Ecology Letters 7 (2004) 999-1014
9. Caraco T. Time budgeting and group size: a theory. Ecology 60 (1979) 611-617
10. Catterall C.P., Elgar M.A., and Kikkawa J. Vigilance does not covary with group size in and island population of silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis). Behavioral Ecology 3 (1992) 207-210
11. Cresswell W., Quinn J.L., Whittingham M.J., and Butler S. Good foragers can also be good at detecting predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 270 (2003) 1069-1076
12. DeLaet J.F. Dominance and anti-predator behaviour of great tits Parus major: a field study. Ibis 127 (1985) 372-377
13. Desrochers A. Sex, dominance, and microhabitat use in wintering black-capped chickadees: a field experiment. Ecology 70 (1989) 636-645
14. Dolby A.S., and Grubb Jr. T.C. Social context affects risk taking by a satellite species in a mixed-species foraging group. Behavioral Ecology 11 (2000) 110-114
15. Ekman J. Exposure time and use in willow tit flocks: the cost of subordination. Animal Behaviour 35 (1987) 445-452
16. Ekman J. Family living among birds. Journal of Avian Biology 37 (2006) 289-298
17. Ekman J., and Rosander B. Survival enhancement through food sharing: a means for parental control of natal dispersal. Theoretical Population Biology 42 (1992) 117-129
18. Ekman J., Sklepkovych B., and Tegelström H. Offspring retention in the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus): the prolonged brood care hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology 5 (1994) 245-253
19. Ekman J., Bylin A., and Tegelström H. Increased life-time reproductive success for Siberian jays Perisoreus infaustus males with delayed dispersal. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 266 (1999) 911-915
20. Ekman J., Bylin A., and Tegelström H. Parental nepotism enhances survival of retained offspring in the Siberian jay. Behavioral Ecology 11 (2000) 416-420
21. Ekman J., Eggers S., and Griesser M. Fighting to stay: the role of sibling rivalry for delayed dispersal. Animal Behaviour 64 (2002) 453-459
22. Ekman J., Dickinson J.L., Hatchwell B.J., and Griesser M. Delayed dispersal. In: Koenig W., and Dickinson J. (Eds). Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds (2004), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 35-47
23. Elgar M.A. The establishment of foraging flocks in house sparrows: risk of predation and daily temperature. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 19 (1986) 433-438
24. Elgar M.A. Predator vigilance and groups size in mammals and birds: a critical review of the empirical evidence. Biological Reviews 64 (1989) 13-33
25. Emlen S.T. Benefits, constraints and the evolution of the family. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 9 (1994) 282-285
26. Emlen S.T. An evolutionary theory of the family. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 92 (1995) 8092-8099
27. Foster W.A., and Treherne J.E. Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect. Nature 293 (1981) 466-467
28. Goss-Custard J.D., and Durell S.E.A.leV.D. Age-related effects in oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, feeding on mussels, Mytilus edulis. I. Foraging efficiency and interference. Journal of Animal Ecology 56 (1987) 521-536
29. Goss-Custard J.D., and Durell S.E.A.leV.D. Age-related effects in oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, feeding on mussels, Mytilus edulis. II. Aggression. Journal of Animal Ecology 56 (1987) 537-548
30. Goss-Custard J.D., and Durell S.E.A.leV.D. Age-related effects in oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, feeding on mussels, Mytilus edulis. III. The effect of interference on overall intake rate. Journal of Animal Ecology 56 (1987) 549-558
31. Griesser M. Nepotistic vigilance behaviour in Siberian jay parents. Behavioral Ecology 14 (2003) 246-250
32. Griesser M., and Ekman J. Nepotistic alarm calling in the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus). Animal Behaviour 67 (2004) 933-939
33. Griesser M., and Ekman J. Nepotistic mobbing behaviour in the Siberian jay, Perisoreus infaustus. Animal Behaviour 69 (2005) 345-352
34. Griesser M., Nystrand M., and Ekman J. Reduced mortality selects for family cohesion in a social species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 273 (2006) 1881-1886
35. Griffith R., Double M.C., Orr K., and Dawson R.J.G. A DNA test to sex most birds. Molecular Ecology 7 (1998) 1071-1075
36. Hamilton W.D. The genetic evolution of social behaviour. I and II. Journal of Theoretical Biology 7 (1964) 1-52
37. Hamilton W.D. Geometry of the selfish herd. Journal of Theoretical Biology 31 (1971) 295-311
38. Hegner R.E. Dominance and anti-predator behaviour in blue tits (Parus caeruleus). Animal Behaviour 33 (1985) 762-768
39. Hilton G.M., Ruxton G.D., and Cresswell W. Choice of foraging area with respect to predation risk in redshanks: the effects of weather and predator activity. Oikos 87 (1999) 295-302
40. Hogstad O. Social rank and antipredator behaviour of willow tits Parus montanus in winter flocks. Ibis 130 (1988) 45-56
41. Kenward R.E. Hawks and doves: factors affecting success and selection in goshawk attack on woodpigeons. Journal of Animal Ecology 47 (1978) 449-460
42. Kenward R.E. Goshawk hunting behaviour, and range size as a function of food and habitat availability. Journal of Animal Ecology 51 (1982) 69-80
43. Kotler B.P. Patch use by gerbils in a risky environment: manipulating food and safety to test four models. Oikos 78 (1997) 274-282
44. Kotler B.P., and Blaustein L. Titrating food and safety in a heterogeneous environment: when are the risky and safe patches of equal value?. Oikos 74 (1995) 251-258
45. Krams I. Dominance-specific vigilance in the great tit. Journal of Avian Biology 29 (1998) 55-60
46. Krause J., and Ruxton D. Living in Groups (2002), Oxford University Press, New York
47. Lendrem D.W. Sleeping and vigilance in birds. II. An experimental study of the Barbary dove (Streptopelia risoria). Animal Behaviour 32 (1984) 243-248
48. Lillandt B.-G., Bensch S., and von Schantz T. Parentage determination in kin-structured populations: microsatellite analysis in the Siberian jay Perisoreus infaustus during a 25-year population study. Avian Science 1 (2001) 3-14
49. Lima S.L. Distance to cover, visual obstructions, and vigilance in house sparrows. Behaviour 102 (1987) 231-238
50. Lima S.L. Vigilance and diet selection: a simple example in the dark-eyed junco. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66 (1988) 593-596
51. Lima S.L., and Bednekoff P.A. Temporal variation in danger drives antipredator behavior: the predation risk allocation hypothesis. American Naturalist 153 (1999) 649-659
52. Lima S.L., and Dill L.M. Behavioral decisions made under the risk of predation: a review and prospectus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68 (1990) 619-640
53. Lima S.L., Valone T.J., and Caraco T. Foraging efficiency: predation-risk trade-off in the grey squirrel. Animal Behaviour 33 (1985) 155-165
54. Littell R.C., Miliken G.A., Stroup W.W., and Wolfinger R.D. SAS System for Mixed Models (1996), SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina
55. Littell R.C., Henry P.R., and Ammerman C.B. Statistical analysis of repeated measures data using SAS procedures. Journal of Animal Science 76 (1998) 1216-1231
56. MacArthur R.H., and Pianka E.R. On the optimal use of a patchy environment. American Naturalist 100 (1966) 603-609
57. McNamara J.M., Houston A.I., and Webb J.W. Dynamic kin selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 258 (1994) 22-23
58. Millinski M., and Heller R. Influence of predator on the optimal foraging behaviour of sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Nature (London) 275 (1978) 642-644
59. Neill S.R.S., and Cullen J.M. Experiments on whether schooling by their prey affects the hunting behaviour of cephalopod and fish predators. Journal of Zoology 172 (1974) 549-569
60. Nystrand M. Influence of age, kinship and large-scale habitat quality on local foraging choices of Siberian jays. Behavioral Ecology 17 (2006) 503-509
61. Nystrand, M. 2006b. Effects of habitat quality on behavioural decisions and population dynamics in the Siberian jay. Ph.D. thesis, Uppsala University.
62. Palmqvist D. My view. Weed Science 45 (1997) 745
63. Pulliam H.R. On the advantages of flocking. Journal of Theoretical Biology 38 (1973) 419-422
64. Richardson D.S., Burke T., and Komdeur J. Direct benefits and the evolution of female-biased cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warblers. Evolution 56 (2002) 2313-2321
65. Scanell J., Roberts G., and Lazarus J. Prey scan at random to evade observant predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 268 (2001) 541-547
66. Schneider K.J. Dominance, predation, and optimal foraging in white-throated sparrow flocks. Ecology 65 (1984) 1820-1827
67. Scott D.K. Functional aspects of prolonged parental care in Bewick's swans. Animal Behaviour 28 (1980) 938-952
68. Sih A. Optimal behavior: can foragers balance two conflicting demands?. Science 210 (1980) 1041-1043
69. Sklepkovych B. The influence of kinship on foraging competition in Siberian jays. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 40 (1997) 287-296
70. Slotow R., and Paxinos E. Intraspecific competition influences food return-predation risk trade-off by white-crowned sparrows. Condor 99 (1997) 642-650
71. Slotow R., and Rothstein S.I. Importance of dominance status and distance from cover to foraging white-crowned sparrows: an experimental analysis. Auk 112 (1995) 107-117
72. Stacey P.B., and Koenig W.D. Introduction. In: Stacey P.B., and Koenig W.D. (Eds). Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long-term Studies of Ecology and Behavior (1990), Cambridge University Press ix-xviii
73. Stacey P.B., and Ligon J.D. The benefits-of-philopatry hypothesis for the evolution of cooperative breeding: variation in territory quality and group size effects. American Naturalist 137 (1991) 831-846
74. Walther B.A., and Gosler A.G. The effects of food availability of protective cover on the winter foraging behaviour of tits (Aves: Parus). Oecologia 129 (2001) 312-320
75. Wu G.-M., and Giraldeau L.-A. Risky decisions: a test of risk sensitivity in socially foraging flocks of Lonchura punctulata. Behavioral Ecology 16 (2005) 8-14