Learning what (not) to do: Testing rejection and copying of simulated heterospecific behavioural traits

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 879-883

  Forsman, Jukka T ^a   Seppänen, Janne Tuomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Heterospecific attraction; Information use; Interspecific competition; Nest site selection; Pied flycatcher; Social learning; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST SITE; NICHE OVERLAP; PASSERINE; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PARUS;

EID: 79952738007     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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