Nest decoration: birds exploit a fear of feathers to guard their nest from usurpation
Many species of birds incorporate feathers into their nest as structural support and to insulate the eggs or offspring. Here, we investigated the novel idea that birds reduce the risk of nest usurpation by decorating it with feathers to trigger a fear response in their rivals. We let prospecting bir...
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The Royal Society
2021
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