Shrewd alliances: Mixed foraging associations between treeshrews, greater racket-tailed drongos and sparrowhawks on Great Nicobar Island, India

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-307

  Oommen, Meera Anna ^a,c   Shanker, Kartik ^b  

^a Madras Crocodile Bank Trust   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c Dakshin Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Context dependence; Drongos; Mixed foraging associations; Predator avoidance; Sparrowhawks; Treeshrews

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR CONTROL; RAPTOR;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; GREAT NICOBAR; INDIA; NICOBARS;

ACCIPITER; AVES; DICRURUS PARADISEUS; RAPTORES; TUPAIA NICOBARICA;

EID: 77954111466     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0945     Document Type: Article

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