Do small hole nesting passerines detect cues left by a predator? A test on winter roosting sites

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Ekner, Anna ^a   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cavity nesters; Great Tit; Nest boxes; Non lethal predator prey interaction; Paras major; Predator detection; Predator traces; Roosting site preferences

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DETECTION METHOD; NEST BOX; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ROOSTING; SIGNALING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

AVES;

EID: 51649084102     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164508X345392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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