Conspecific presence makes exploiting cryptic prey more difficult in wild-caught nutmeg mannikins

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1101-1108

  Courant, Sabrina ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cryptic prey; interference competition; Lonchura punctulata; nutmeg mannikin; search image; social foraging

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MILLET; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; VIGILANCE; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; LONCHURA PUNCTULATA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 39549116102     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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