Context-dependent preferences in starlings: linking ecology, foraging and choice.

Foraging animals typically encounter opportunities that they either pursue or skip, but occasionally meet several alternatives simultaneously. Behavioural ecologists predict preferences using absolute properties of each option, while decision theorists focus on relative evaluations at the time of ch...

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Main Authors: Marco Vasconcelos, Tiago Monteiro, Alex Kacelnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3660320?pdf=render