Temporal peaks in social information: Prospectors investigate conspecific nests after a simulated predator visit

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 905-911

  Thomson, Robert L ^a   Sirkiä, Päivi M ^a   Villers, Alexandre ^a   Laaksonen, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eavesdropping; Habitat selection; Offspring investment; Predation risk; Prospecting; Public information

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 84877919734     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1513-x     Document Type: Article

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