Cache protection strategies by western scrub-jays, Aphelocoma Californica: Implications for social cognition
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A study was conducted to investigate the strategies used by scrub jays to reduce cache theft by conspecifics and in three experiments scrub jays were allowed to cache wax worms in two different locations and some items were cached in nonpreferred sites. It was advantageous not to hide all the caches in one place since unpredictability might provide the best insurance against pilfering.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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Food sharing in jackdaws, Corvus monedula: what, why and with whom?
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A study on food sharing between peers in jackdaws, Corvus monedula, with relation to reciprocity, harassment avoidance is presented
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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The behaviour and evolution of cache protection and pilferage
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Changes in food hoarding and guarding behavior of animals are examined.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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