What makes specialized food-caching mountain chickadees successful city slickers?
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2613
Abstract: Anthropogenic environments are a dominant feature of the modern world; therefore, understanding which traits allow animals to succeed in these urban environments is especially important. Overall, generalist species are thought to be most successful in… read more here.
Keywords: specialized food; urban environments; food caching; mountain chickadees ... See more keywords
Neural representations of space in the hippocampus of a food-caching bird
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abg2009
Abstract: Conserved spatial memory mechanisms Food-caching birds are memory specialists that can remember thousands of hidden food items. Using electrophysiological recordings from freely behaving birds, Payne et al. analyzed neuronal activity in the likely hippocampus homolog… read more here.
Keywords: hippocampus; spatial memory; activity; food caching ... See more keywords
Food caching by a marine apex predator, the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
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DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0203
Abstract: The foraging behaviors of apex predators can fundamentally alter ecosystems through cascading predator–prey interactions. Food caching is a widely studied, taxonomically diverse behavior that can modify competitive relationships and affect population viability. We address predictions… read more here.
Keywords: predator; food; leopard seal; food caching ... See more keywords