A FIELD-TEST OF RISK-SENSITIVE FORAGING IN BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES (PARUS-ATRICAPILLUS)

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BARKAN, CPL [1 ]
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[1] SUNY ALBANY, DEPT BIOL SCI,BEHAV ECOL GRP, ALBANY, NY 12222 USA
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10.2307/1940276
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
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Consistent with a risk-sensitive foraging mode, chickadees showed a clear, significant preference for the lower variance prey. Results suggest the importance of the incoproation of environmental stochasticity into models of animal foraging. -from Author
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