Can a solitary avian species use collective detection? An assay in semi-natural conditions

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Delgado, Juan Antonio ^b   Remacha, Carolina ^b   Jiménez, María Dolores ^b   Garcia, Vanessa ^c   Hori, Keiko ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Collective detection; Early detection; Predator detection; Territorial species

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; FORAGING; FOWL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CUES; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; FINCHES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; PIPILO CRISSALIS;

EID: 67650144826     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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