Predator-induced reductions in nest visitation rates are modified by forest cover and food availability

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1056-1062

  Eggers, Sönke ^a,b   Griesser, Michael ^b,c   Ekman, Jan ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history; Nest activity; Nest predation; Parental care; Phenotypic plasticity; Provisioning strategy

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST COVER; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

AVES; CORVIDA; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

EID: 51749093576     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn063     Document Type: Article

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