Relaxed predation risk reduces but does not eliminate sociality in birds

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-474

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Group size; Predation risk; Relaxed selection; Sociality

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROUP SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77957262944     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.1063     Document Type: Article

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