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Interspecific information on predation risk affects nest site choice in a passerine bird.

Jere TolvanenJanne-Tuomas SeppänenMikko MönkkönenRobert L ThomsonHannu YlönenJukka T Forsman
Published in: BMC evolutionary biology (2018)
Copying nest site choices of successful heterospecifics, and avoiding choices which led to failed attempts, may amplify or counter effects of nest predation on niche overlap, with important consequences for between-species niche divergence-convergence dynamics, species coexistence and predator-prey interactions.
Keyphrases
  • genetic diversity
  • health information