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Do tropical birds avoid evasive prey? An experimental study in Ecuadorian avian communities
Erika Páez, Héctor Cadena-Ortíz, Edison Ocaña…·Violaine Llaurens
This study examines how avian predators in Ecuador respond to different prey types, finding that specialist birds avoid evasive, iridescent prey more than generalists.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.29.728647