Flock density, social foraging, and scanning: an experiment with starlings

By E. Fernández‐Juricic, S. Siller, Alex Kacelnik. 2004

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Citations in the corpus

Group-size and distance-to-neighbour effects on feeding and vigilance in brown-headed cowbirds (2007, methodology): “A similar effect has been noted in other bird species (Lazarus 1978; Elgar et al. 1984; Pöysä 1994; Lima & Zollner 1996; Rolando et al. 2001; Fernández-Juricic et al. 2004; Randler 2005) and in rabbits (Roberts 1988) and monkeys (Treves 1998).”
Vigilance and Collective Detection of Predators in Degus (Octodon degus) (2006, background): “Recent experimental evidence supports starlings (S. vulgaris) can monitor group mates’ vigilance while foraging as they are capable of synchronizing their vigilance and target group mates when interrupting their foraging to scan (Fernández-Juricic et al. 2004, 2005).”
Collective Vigilance in the Greater Kudu: Towards a Better Understanding of Synchronization Patterns (2012, background): “Ethology 118 (2012) 1–9 ª 2011 Blackwell Verlag GmbH 1 (e.g. Fernández-Juricic et al. 2004; Ebensperger et al. 2006).”
Antipredator strategies of house finches: are urban habitats safe spots from predators even when humans are around? (2009, background): “However, at very close neighbor distances, individuals may pay more attention to conspecifics and copy their vigilance behavior (Fernández-Juricic and Kacelnik 2004; Fernández-Juricic et al. 2004) or may use foraging information from companions to make decisions about patch quality (Krause and Ruxto”
Predator detection and avoidance by starlings under differing scenarios of predation risk (2006, background): “Starlings probe the ground for food ( Feare, 1984 ), and only around 4% of probes are successful (this study).”
Avian visual system configuration and behavioural response to object approach (2009, unknown): “For example, Frid & Dill (2002) suggested that animal response to disturbance stimuli (e.g. recreationists, vehicles, etc.) is thought to follow similar economic principles as when prey respond to predators (see also Fernández-Juricic & Schroeder 2003; Fernández-Juricic et al. 2004b).”