Eggers, Sönke; Griesser, Michael; Ekman, Jan - In: Behavioral Ecology 16 (2005) 1, pp. 309-315
Bird nestlings may be at risk not only from starvation but also from predators attracted to the nest by parental … an experiment, we show plasticity in daily patterns of nest visitation in the Siberian jay, Perisoreus infaustus, in … response to predator activity. In high-risk territories, jay parents avoided going to the nest at certain times of the day and …