Data_Sheet_1_Do Parents Synchronise Nest Visits as an Antipredator Adaptation in Birds of New Zealand and Tasmania?.pdf

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Data_Sheet_1_Do Parents Synchronise Nest Visits as an Antipredator Adaptation in Birds of New Zealand and Tasmania?.pdf

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Birds with altricial offspring need to feed them regularly, but each feeding visit risks drawing attention to the nest and revealing its location to potential predators. Synchronisation of visits by both parents has been suggested as a behavioural adaptation to reduce the risk of nest predation. Under this hypothesis, higher risk of nest predation favours greater synchrony of parental feeding visits. We investigated this prediction over three timescales using nestling provisioning data from 2...

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11 Oct, 2019

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Nyil Khwaja / Melanie Massaro / Thomas E. Martin / James V. Briskie

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https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_Do_Parents_Synchronise_Nest_Visits_as_an_Antip...

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Anthornis melanura / bellbird / comparative analysis / coordination / invasive species / synchronisation / synchronise / synchronised / Ecological Physiology / Conservation and Biodiversity / Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) / Population Ecology / Terrestrial Ecology / Ecology / Invasive Species Ecology / Evolutionary Biology / Freshwater Ecology / Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) / Behavioural Ecology / Landscape Ecology

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