Territories and Caching-Related Behavior of Red-Headed Woodpeckers Wintering in a Beech Grove

Territories and Caching-Related Behavior of Red-Headed Woodpeckers Wintering in a Beech Grove

We describe caching and related behavior of Red-headed Woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) wintering in a beech grove during a mast year and relate territorial behavior and territory size to territory-specific mast abundance. We found no difference between territories of adults and juveniles in...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Wilson bulletin (Wilson Ornithological Society) 1996-12, Vol.108 (4), p.740-747
Hauptverfasser: Doherty, Paul F., Grubb, Thomas C., Bronson, C. L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal ethology
Aves
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Bird songs
Birds
Caching
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Territories
Tree trunks
Vertebrata
Wind velocity
Winter
Woodlots
Woodpeckers
Young animals
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Zusammenfassung:We describe caching and related behavior of Red-headed Woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) wintering in a beech grove during a mast year and relate territorial behavior and territory size to territory-specific mast abundance. We found no difference between territories of adults and juveniles in either territory size or abundance of mast. Rates of caching and social interaction decreased over the course of the winter.
ISSN:0043-5643
2162-5204