Strange features are no better than no features: predator recognition by untrained birds

O Fišer, I Strnadová, P Veselý, M Syrová, M Němec… - Animal Cognition, 2025 - Springer
Predator recognition is essential for prey survival, allowing for appropriate antipredator
strategies. Some bird species, such as the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), distinguish …

Risk‐Taking in Bluebirds After Exposure to a Nest Predator Relates to Parental Roles and Shows Little Cooperation Between Partners

KL Wiebe, SP Tkaczyk - Ethology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Parents may experience a trade‐off between caring for offspring and protecting themselves
from predators. The reproductive value hypothesis predicts that parents should take more …

Repeatable negotiation rules? Only females show repeatable responses to partner removal in a brood-provisioning songbird

D Baldan, M Beccardi, M Fuertes-Recuero… - Biology …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Theoretical models indicate that the evolution of biparental care depends on how parents
behaviourally negotiate their level of care in response to those of their partner and whether …