Butler, Shannon R.
Templeton, Jennifer J.
Fernández-Juricic, Esteban
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation (1146986, 0109024)
Animal Behavior Society (NA)
Article History
Received: 3 August 2017
Revised: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 1 February 2018
First Online: 16 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Purdue University (protocol 1306000876) approved all animal-handling and care procedures. The state of Ohio does not require a permit to capture European starlings because starlings are an invasive species. There is also no required paperwork to transport European starlings from Ohio to Indiana according to the State and Federal organizations (Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Wildlife; Indiana Department of Natural Resources: Fish and Wildlife; Unites States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Wildlife Services). For the experiment in the InternalRef removed, procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Franklin & Marshall College (Protocol # 2000-05).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.