Spotless starlings rely on public information while visiting conspecific nests: an experiment

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 483-488

  Parejo, Deseada ^a   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^a   Navarro, Carlos ^a   Soler, Juan J ^a   Avilés, Jesús M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

information reliability; nest visiting; prospecting; public information; spotless starling; Sturnus unicolor

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BROOD SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 38649088606     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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