Blue tits use selected plants and olfaction to maintain an aromatic environment for nestlings

By Cecile Petit, Martine Hossaert-McKey, P. Perret, J. Blondel, M. Lambrechts. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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The chemical ecology of seed dispersal in monoecious and dioecious figs (2008, background): “Although birds use olfaction in social behaviour (Hagelin, Jones & Rasmussen 2003), foraging (Bonadonna et al. 2006), homing (Wallraff 1990) and selfmedication (Petit et al. 2002), the role of dispersal-phase VOCs in attracting or repelling birds is completely unexplored.”
Feather-Degrading Bacteria: A New Frontier in Avian and Host–Parasite Research? (2008, background): “material to the nest, which suggests that birds use fresh plants for the volatile compounds they contain (Petit et al. 2002).”
Evidence for collective medication in ants (2003, background): “A major cost of social life is the increased exposure to pathogens (Moller et al. 1993; Schmid-Hempel 1998; Nunn et al. 2000; Tella 2002).”
The evolution of nestling discrimination by hosts of parasitic birds: why is rejection so rare? (2006, unknown): “Rohwer and Spaw, 1988) Cost of misimprinting Lotem (1993), Lawes and Marthews (2003) Variability of chick appearance Davies and Brooke (1989), McLean and Maloney (1998) Instability of chick appearance Davies and Brooke (1989) Absence of comparative material Davies and Brooke (1989)”
European starlings: nestling condition, parasites and green nest material during the breeding season (2005, background): “Because reuse of the nest site (a routine in hole-nesting birds) may result in a heavy parasite load of the nests, the explanation offered most often was that birds, like herbalists, may use intrinsic properties of plants to protect their nestlings against harmful parasites and pathogens (Widmann 19”
Can foraging birds assess predation risk by scent (2008, background): “…evidence of birds using scent as a possible cue to assess predation risk while foraging, and is further evidence that olfactory cues may be relevant for birds in a variety of ecological settings (see also Roper 1999; e.g., Ioale & Papi 1989; Petit et al. 2002; Wallraff 2004; Mennerat et al. 2005).”
BIRD ODORS AND OTHER CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES: A DEFENSE MECHANISM OR OVERLOOKED MODE OF INTRASPECIFIC COMMUNICATION? (2007, background): “…Mar 2020 Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use from their environment during activities such as foraging, navigation, or nest building (e.g., Wenzel 1968; Hutchison and Wenzel 1980; Clark and Mason 1985; Nevitt et al. 1995; Petit et al. 2002; Wallraff 2004; Nevitt and Bonadonna 2005a, b).”
Prophylaxis with resin in wood ants (2008, background): “This association probably favours the use of olfactory cues to detect medicinal plants (Hart 2005), as suggested for blue tits (Petit et al. 2002).”
Which chick is tasty to parasites? The importance of host immunology vs. parasite life history (2003, background): “For example, parents may select nest-sites with low loads of ectoparasites (Brown & Brown 1991), desert infested nests (Oppliger, Richner & Christe 1994) or incorporate plants with insecticidal and antipathogenic properties into their nest (Clark & Masson 1985; Petit et al . 2002 ).”
Intraspecific preen oil odor preferences in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) (2011, background): “herbs in the nest (Petit et al. 2002), to distinguish between the”