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Older and wiser? What we now know about age & learning in hihi
One big problem young animals face is finding food, particularly when they have little experience to help them. Even human teenagers can struggle when there’s no one else around to do the shopping, and for wild animals, making the best foraging decisions is even more crucial for their survival. Victoria Franks is investigating how juvenile birds overcome this challenge during her PhD. Read about her latest results here on age differences in learning strategies by adult and juvenile hihi.
Two papers in one week: how birds learn (and why it matters!)
Highlights! A quick summary of our two papers out this week on associative learning by hihi, and the coevolutionary consequences of social transmission among predators.
Can video playback provide social information for foraging blue tits? Yes, but do they use it?
Liisa's first PhD paper is out! Read her blog post to help us solve why the results are still puzzling.
Unravelling the mystery of Shining (bronze) cuckoos' dark green eggs
New paper out at Auk - and why it took six years to publish!
Do mothers bias offspring sex ratios in carotenoid-rich environments?
2nd hihi paper for 2016 out @ Behavioral Ecology!