Title |
Local Individual Preferences for Nest Materials in a Passerine Bird
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2009
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005104 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Adèle Mennerat, Philippe Perret, Marcel M. Lambrechts |
Abstract |
Variation in the behavioural repertoire of animals is acquired by learning in a range of animal species. In nest-building birds, the assemblage of nest materials in an appropriate structure is often typical of a bird genus or species. Yet plasticity in the selection of nest materials may be beneficial because the nature and abundance of nest materials vary across habitats. Such plasticity can be learned, either individually or socially. In Corsican populations of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus, females regularly add in their nests fragments of several species of aromatic plants during the whole breeding period. The selected plants represent a small fraction of the species present in the environment and have positive effects on nestlings. |
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