Social Strategy and Cover in Savannah Sparrows

Social Strategy and Cover in Savannah Sparrows

Consistent differences in predation risk among habitats should affect flock size, if flock size is driven by predation risk. Watts evaluates this prediction by comparing flocking behavior for Savannah sparrows occupying open vs weedy patches.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Auk 1996-10, Vol.113 (4), p.960-963
1. Verfasser: Watts, Bryan D.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal behavior
Animal ecology
Animal ethology
Aves
Biological and medical sciences
Birds
Birds of prey
Ecology
Flocks
Foraging
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Group size
Habitats
Ornithology
Passerculus sandwichensis
Predation
Predators
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Savannahs
Short Communications and Commentaries
Sparrows
Vertebrata
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Zusammenfassung:Consistent differences in predation risk among habitats should affect flock size, if flock size is driven by predation risk. Watts evaluates this prediction by comparing flocking behavior for Savannah sparrows occupying open vs weedy patches.
ISSN:0004-8038
1938-4254
2732-4613
DOI:10.2307/4088882