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Access Type
Open Access
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Psychology
Degree Name
Thesis (M.S.)
Year Degree Awarded
1982
Keywords
Bird, Blue jay
Abstract
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.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/a1xf-dx75
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