Behavioural responses of Eurasian treecreepers, Certhia familiaris, to competition with ants
Article Abstract:
Competition between two very different taxa may play a role in determining the behaviour of foraging individuals, according to the results of research undertaken into the effects of wood ants (Formica rufa group) on the presence of other invertebrates on tree trunks and on the foraging site selection of breeding Eurasian treecreepers. It was established that foraging treecreepers avoid tree trunks with ants. This is the first time that it has been possible to demonstrate that birds of the bark-foraging guild can also be affected by competition from ants.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Development of alarm-call responses in Belding's ground squirrels: the role of dams
Article Abstract:
The development of alarm-call responses in Belding's ground squirrels and the role of dams in alarm-call development is presented. It has been found that juveniles are more likely to respond to such calls if their mothers respond but are not influenced by the reactions of unrelated dams. The absence of adults after weaning appears to delay the juveniles' development rates and their differentiation between non-alarm and alarm calls.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Does interspecific competition with introduced grey squirrels affect foraging and food choice of Eurasian red squirrels?
Article Abstract:
Research describing competition between red and grey squirrels is presented. Radio tracking studies show little support for the food competition hypothesis but interspecific competition may occur during the growth and dispersal phase of the red squirrel.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Review of ecological effects of roads on terrestrial and aquatic communities. On the future of conservation biology
- Abstracts: The response of subordinate male mice to scent marks varies in relation to their own competitive ability. Individually recognizable scent marks on flowers made by a solitary bee
- Abstracts: Definitions of territoriality used in the study of variation in vertebrate spacing system. Resource-based territoriality in the butterfly Lycaena hippothoe and environmentally induced behavioral shifts
- Abstracts: Daisy gives an evolutionary answer. Competition for brain space. Australia's last giants
- Abstracts: In search of perennial solutions. Immunocontraception of African elephants. African elephants and contraception