Wild North Island Robins (Petroica longipes) respond to Prey Animacy
North Island robins of New Zealand are a food hoarding species, which is unique in that they almost exclusively cache highly perishable hunted insects for later retrieval. In order to do so, they either kill and dismember or paralyze their prey for caching, depending on the prey size and kind. The p...
Main Authors: | Alexis Garland, Jason Low |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Animal Behavior and Cognition
2014-08-01
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Series: | Animal Behavior and Cognition |
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Online Access: | http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/3/10.Garland_Low_FINAL.pdf |
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