Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10971109 Animal Behaviour 2012 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
► We examined western scrub-jays' responses to potential cues of risk. ► Western scrub-jays vocalized and aggregated upon discovering a dead conspecific. ► Predator mounts elicited similar aggregations, while novel objects did not. ► Both elicitors caused a decrease of foraging in the area. ► Jays used dead conspecifics as cues of risk and shared this information.
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Western scrub-jay funerals: cacophonous aggregations in response to dead conspecifics
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