Decision making in informed animals is often described by optimality models. However, how information about an environment is acquired is rarely investigated. Cost/benefit considerations suggest that species differ in this respect according to their lifestyle. We tested the hypothesis that resident species react to changes in their familiar environment earlier and explore it more intensively than do nomadic species by observing the response to environmental changes (presentation of novel objects) in 10 parrot species. Phylogenetic relationships were taken into account. Residents touched the novel objects significantly earlier and explored more objects than did nomads. In addition, species with a high proportion of fruits in their food spect...
Foraging by captive individuals of three species of towhees (Pipilo:Emberizinae) was investigated to...
Gathering information about the environment, such as the location and quality of food, is crucial fo...
For an animal invading a novel region, the ability to develop new behaviors should facilitate the us...
Resident and nomadic species differ substantially in their mobility, with the former spending most o...
1. Unlike philopatric migrants, the ecology of nomadic migrants is less well understood. This life-h...
One of the main functions of exploratory behaviour is to gain information about the environment. The...
Unlike philopatric migrants, the ecology of nomadic migrants is less well understood. This life-hist...
Nomadic species are globally threatened by anthropogenic habitat change, but management options to a...
Understanding why some species thrive in captivity, while others struggle to adjust, can suggest new...
THESIS 8105There is a lack of quantitative information available about the effects of environmental ...
Intraspecific variation can have knock-on ecological consequences on resource use, morphology and p...
For an animal invading a novel region, the ability to develop new behaviors should facilitate the us...
© New Zealand Ecological Society. Intraspecific variation can have important knock-on effects on pop...
All animals face the challenge of acquiring resources for growth, survival, and reproduction. In env...
Exploration (interacting with objects to gain information) and neophobia (avoiding novelty) are cons...
Foraging by captive individuals of three species of towhees (Pipilo:Emberizinae) was investigated to...
Gathering information about the environment, such as the location and quality of food, is crucial fo...
For an animal invading a novel region, the ability to develop new behaviors should facilitate the us...
Resident and nomadic species differ substantially in their mobility, with the former spending most o...
1. Unlike philopatric migrants, the ecology of nomadic migrants is less well understood. This life-h...
One of the main functions of exploratory behaviour is to gain information about the environment. The...
Unlike philopatric migrants, the ecology of nomadic migrants is less well understood. This life-hist...
Nomadic species are globally threatened by anthropogenic habitat change, but management options to a...
Understanding why some species thrive in captivity, while others struggle to adjust, can suggest new...
THESIS 8105There is a lack of quantitative information available about the effects of environmental ...
Intraspecific variation can have knock-on ecological consequences on resource use, morphology and p...
For an animal invading a novel region, the ability to develop new behaviors should facilitate the us...
© New Zealand Ecological Society. Intraspecific variation can have important knock-on effects on pop...
All animals face the challenge of acquiring resources for growth, survival, and reproduction. In env...
Exploration (interacting with objects to gain information) and neophobia (avoiding novelty) are cons...
Foraging by captive individuals of three species of towhees (Pipilo:Emberizinae) was investigated to...
Gathering information about the environment, such as the location and quality of food, is crucial fo...
For an animal invading a novel region, the ability to develop new behaviors should facilitate the us...