Exploring or avoiding novel food resources? the novelty conflict in an invasive bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Sol, Daniel ^a,b   Griffin, Andrea S ^c   Bartomeus, Ignasi ^a   Boyce, Hayley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES HABITAT; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CITY; CONFLICT; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; STARLING; SURVIVAL;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CITIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STARLINGS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79956204222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019535     Document Type: Article

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