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University of Massachusetts Amherst

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

1982

Blue jay

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Allocation Of Behavior By Northern Blue Jays In Response To Prey Density Changes In Two Foraging Areas., Jerrilynn Peters Jan 1982

Allocation Of Behavior By Northern Blue Jays In Response To Prey Density Changes In Two Foraging Areas., Jerrilynn Peters

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

In the depleting density experiment it was found that the jays did respond to prey depletion and that the jays appear to use a hunting by expectation rule. These data suggest that the rule a predator uses depends on the distribution of prey.