Experimental evidence of impacts of an invasive parakeet on foraging behavior of native birds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 582-590

  Peck, Hannah L ^a   Pringle, Henrietta E ^b   Marshall, Harry H ^a,b,d   Owens, Ian P F ^a,c   Lord, Alexa M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien; Ecological impacts; Foraging behavior; Interspecific interference competition; Parrot; Ringnecked parakeet

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITUATION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; URBAN AREA; VIGILANCE;

EID: 84900855877     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru025     Document Type: Article

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