Can foraging birds assess predation risk by scent?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2021-2027

  Roth II, Timothy C ^a   Cox, Jonathan G ^a   Lima, Steven L ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antipredatory behaviour; avian sensory systems; Carpodacus mexicanus; faeces; house finch; olfaction; predation risk

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; TAXONOMY;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CATHARTIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 56049125678     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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