Dominance and diet selection in juncos |
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Authors: | Langen, Tom A. Rabenold, Kerry N. |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907,USA |
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Abstract: | We measured the effects of dominance on diet in an aviary flockof seven dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis).Preferences amongsix types of foods were recorded for each individual while solitary,and compared to that individual's diet when in the flock. Individualsspecialized on different foods during the flock trial. Subordinatesshowed greater shifts in diet between the solitary and flocktrials, had less diverse diets than dominants in the flock,and reduced the proportion of their diet consisting of preferredfoods to a greater extent than dominants. We interpret thischange in diet by subordinates as a response to interferencecompetition by dominants at preferred foods. |
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Keywords: | diet selection dominance group foraging interference competition Junco hyemalis resource partitioning. |
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