The fly-and-social foraging hypothesis for diurnal migration: Why American crows migrate during the day

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1411-1418

  Ward, Michael P ^a,b   Raim, Arlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

American crow; Communal roost; Conspecifics; Diurnal migration; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLY; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; RAPTORES;

EID: 79958820785     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1151-0     Document Type: Review

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