Blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) respond to an experimental change in the aromatic plant odour composition of their nest

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-191

  Mennerat, A ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatic plant; Nest greenery; Nest odour; Olfaction; Passerine

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PROVISIONING; MAINTENANCE; MOSS; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; OLFACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROMA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PLANT; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; PASSERIFORMES; PLANTS; VOLATILIZATION;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; LAVANDULA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 53149133511     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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