Puehringer-Sturmayr, Verena https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2979-9314
Loretto, Matthias-Claudio A.
Hemetsberger, Josef
Czerny, Tanja
Gschwandegger, Johannes
Leitsberger, Madelaine
Kotrschal, Kurt
Frigerio, Didone
Funding for this research was provided by:
OeAD-GmbH (Programme Sparkling Science, Project SPA-05/26)
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (Programme Top Citizen Science, Project TCS-02/06)
Austrian Science Fund (Programme Y366-B17, Programme W1234)
Universität Wien (Back-to-Research-Grant)
Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (Programme Bridge, Project number 858551)
Article History
Received: 31 October 2018
Accepted: 27 December 2019
First Online: 15 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Not applicable: the study does not involve humans.All authors adhered to the ‘Guidelines for the use of animals in research’ as published in Animal Behaviour (1991, 41, 183–186). This study complies with all current Austrian laws and regulations concerning work with wildlife. The experimental setup was performed under Animal Experiment Licence Numbers BMWFW-66.006/0011-WF/II/3b/2014 and BMWFW-66.006/0026-WF/V/3b/2014 by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research. We confirm that the owner of the land, the Duke of Cumberland, gave permission to conduct the study on this site. Birds were habituated to the presence of humans.
: Not applicable.
: All authors have seen the final manuscript and take responsibility for its content. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.