Evidence of information collection from heterospecifics in cavity-nesting birds

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Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 409-412

  Forsman, Jukka T ^a,b   Thomson, Robert L ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Interspecific information use; Parus; Prospecting; Public information; Social information; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; PARUS;

EID: 41149142802     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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