Predator Recognition in Birds The Use of Key Features /

• Main Authors: Fuchs, Roman (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Veselý, Petr (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Nácarová, Jana (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences,
• Subjects: Animal physiology.; Neurobiology.; Animal ecology.; Animal Physiology.; Animal Ecology.
• Physical Description: X, 117 p. 8 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030124045
• ISSN: 2211-7504
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12404-5

This SpringerBrief answers the question on how birds recognize their predators using multidisciplinary approaches and outlines paths of the future research of predator recognition. A special focus is put on the role of key features to discriminate against predators and non-predators. The first part of the book provides a comprehensive review of the mechanisms of predator recognition based on classical ethological studies in untrained birds. The second part introduces a new view on the topic treating theories of cognitive ethology. This approach involves examination of conditioned domestic pigeons and highlights the actual abilities of birds to recognize and categorize.