https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44419 Thu 13 Oct 2022 09:51:45 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:52207 Thu 05 Oct 2023 10:16:07 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27211 Acridotheres tristis, has been linked to its ability to occupy opportunistically an ecological niche that most natives cannot, whereas the native noisy miner, Manorina melanocephala, owes its success to its ability to aggressively outcompete other avian species. Indian mynas were significantly more neophobic than noisy miners. Yet, when tested on a range of innovative foraging tasks, Indian mynas consistently outperformed noisy miners. The ability to use the beak in a greater range of ways, and more flexibly, was highly repeatable in Indian mynas, and underpinned their superior problem-solving performance. We discuss the results in the light of potential methodological influences, but also the idea that necessity may facilitate innovation not only in less competitive individuals, as is documented in the literature, but also in species with less competitive lifestyles.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:32:26 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29189 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:31:38 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29085 Mon 23 Sep 2019 10:33:06 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:45512 Mon 07 Nov 2022 11:08:00 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46141 Acridotheres tristis, one of the most widespread invasive birds in Australia and invasive to many other parts of the world, are learning to respond to anthropogenic predation. We analyzed behavior at an experimental food patch provisioned by 2 distinctly clothed persons both before and after mynas had observed one of the 2 persons seemingly capture conspecifics inside a trap placed at the food patch. After the demonstration, mynas landed in smaller numbers at the food patch and took longer to land. Further, mynas alarm called more when provisioned by the person who had been involved in trapping. Future work will determine whether narrow generalization gradients are a consistent feature of synanthropic species or whether they broaden as a function of human predation threat level as is predicted by the Predator Recognition Continuum Hypothesis. Practical implications for control are discussed.]]> Fri 11 Nov 2022 17:28:06 AEDT ]]>