This paper is the culmination of work by staff and undergraduate students motivated by anecdotes of aggressive ducks on campus.
Category: Birds
Paper! Avian alarm calls
In this paper we review putative ecological variables that predict the occurrence of alarm calls by birds in the Australian
Zebra finches and heterospecific alarm calls
Studies have shown that numerous species eavesdrop on the calls of heterospecifics to gain information about predator presence. Responding to
Zebra finches don’t alarm call
Many vertebrates use vocalizations to communicate about the presence of predators, and some encode information about predator type or behaviour.
Zebra finch antipredator behaviour
The zebra finch is a native Australian passerine used as a model species in studies worldwide and spanning a range
Holsworth funding to Nicole Butler
Thanks to the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment for awarding $3000 to support Nicky’s project: Anti‐predator behaviour in the zebra finch: communicating