Breeding near heterospecifics as a defence against brood parasites: can redstarts lower probability of cuckoo parasitism using neighbours?

• Main Authors: Angela Moreras (12024272), Robert L. Thomson (9453261)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Zoology; Behavioural Ecology; Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology); Biological Adaptation; Animal Behaviour; Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology; nest-site choice; frontline defence; heterospecific attraction; reproductive success; interspecific interaction; ornithology dataset; Parus; Accipiter gentilis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25375/uct.19099868.v1

Breeding habitat choice based on the attraction to other species can be used as a defence strategy. This attraction can provide valuable social information and protection benefits. Increased shared vigilance or cooperative mobbing can come from small birds, while raptors may provide a protective umb...