First description of nest-decoration behaviour in a wild sub-Antarctic shorebird

• Published in: Behavioural Processes
• Main Authors: Danel, Samara, Zidat, Timothée, Lucas, Annick, Biro, Dora, Bonadonna, Francesco
• Other Authors: Department of Zoology Oxford, University of Oxford, School of Biosciences Cardiff, Cardiff University, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: animal communication; Charadrius; extended phenotype; nest decoration; [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology; [SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behavior; Antarctic; Chionis; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03324982; https://hal.science/hal-03324982/document; https://hal.science/hal-03324982/file/chionis%20pour%20hall.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104408

International audience A wide range of animal species accumulate objects in, on, and/or around structures they build. Sometimes, these accumulations serve specific functions (e.g. structural or isolating features) or are purely incidental, while in other cases the materials are deliberately displaye...