Original title: Red-backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) adjust the mobbing intensity, but not mobbing frequency, by assessing the potential threat to themselves from different predators
Authors: NĚMEC, Michal
Document type: Rigorous theses
Year: 2013
Language: eng
Abstract: We tested ability to adjust nest defence in the red-backed shrike. We presented dummies of three species of adult bird predators (sparrowhawk, kestrel, and long-eared owl; differing in the potential danger for the defending birds), plus two species of nest predators (jay and magpie; differing in the proportion of nestlings of small passerines in their diets). A dummy pigeon was used as the control. Shrikes regularly attacked all of the dummies tested, with the exception of the magpie and pigeon.
Keywords: antipredator behaviour; mobbing; nest defence; red-backed shrike
Citation: NĚMEC, Michal. Red-backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) adjust the mobbing intensity, but not mobbing frequency, by assessing the potential threat to themselves from different predators. České Budějovice, 2013. rigorózní práce (RNDr.). JIHOČESKÁ UNIVERZITA V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH. Přírodovědecká fakulta

Institution: University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (web)
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