Rival imprinting: interspecifically cross-fostered tits defend their territories against heterospecific intruders
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The aggressive response towards intruders of interspecifically cross-fostered individuals and controls reared by conspecific parents is compared to test whether learning influences the recognition of sexual rivals. In this case breeding pairs of great tits and blue tits were examined which suggests that there was a species difference in the response to the conspecifics.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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Rival imprinting: interspecifically cross-fostered tits defend their territories against heterospecific intruders
Article Abstract:
The aggressive response towards intruders of interspecifically cross-fostered individuals and controls reared by conspecific parents is compared to test whether learning influences the recognition of sexual rivals. In this case breeding pairs of great tits and blue tits were examined which suggests that there was a species difference in the response to the conspecifics.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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Effects of social rearing conditions on song structure and repertoire size: experimental evidence from the field
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Blue tit and great tit's song learning capability is examined.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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