Vertical and horizontal transmission of nest site preferences in titmice

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 323-328

  Slagsvold, Tore ^a   Wigdahl Kleiven, Kari ^a   Eriksen, Ane ^a   Johannessen, Lars Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal tradition; Blue tit; Copying; Cultural transmission; Cyanistes caeruleus; Great tit; Nest site preference; Parus major; Social learning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; NEST SITE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARIDAE; PARUS MAJOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873097314     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.024     Document Type: Article

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