Birds do not use social learning of landmarks to locate favorable nest sites

Experiments since the classic studies of Niko Tinbergen have provided evidence that animals use visual landmarks to navigate. We tested whether birds use visual landmarks to relocate their nest sites by presenting two species of cavity nesting birds with a dyad of nest boxes with different white mar...

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Published inBehavioral ecology and sociobiology Vol. 78; no. 6; p. 71
Main Authors Slagsvold, Tore, Wiebe, Karen L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2024
Springer Nature B.V
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