Talk:Distraction display

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 19:37, 16 January 2022 (UTC) ==Proposed picture — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akg16 (talk • contribs) 16:39, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

David Kantrowitz Edit Comments
Did a basic copy edit for grammar/syntax/punctuation (the article often had commas outside of quotations). Outside of that, here are my comments: Overall it was very good. It was informative and more-or-less straightforward. I especially enjoyed the example sections for birds/sticklebacks/mammals. Onto the critique: In the definition, I would consider changing "object" to "subject," given that the prey of a predator is generally a living thing. When you discuss scientists, consider giving them an introduction or linking them to their respective wikipedia pages if available. For example, your average reader looking for information on this topic may not know who Lack/Armstrong/Walters are off the top of their head. Next, please check the syntax of the sentence: "conflict of interest between the self-preservation and reproductive or enemy attack impulses:" It does not make sense. Finally, under the adaptive functions section, you have a second paragraph that begins with a colon and appears to be missing maybe the first half of the sentence. Other than these small things, however, the article is solid. Good Job!

Davlives (talk) 16:28, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Not distraction?
Oh, I thought it was relevant. Extract from mobbing behaviour:
 * Mobbing may function by reducing the predator's ability to locate nests, in other words as a distraction, since predators cannot focus on locating eggs while they are under direct attack.

AshLin (talk) 02:50, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It seems plausible, but it needs a reliable non-WP ref ;) for inclusion as a distraction display. Shyamal (talk) 05:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems to me ;-) that that's what you are good at! AshLin (talk) 05:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

New proposed bibliography (unfinished)
Armstrong, E. A. (1949). Diversionary display--part 2. The nature and origin of distraction display. Ibis, 91(2), 179-188.

Armstrong, E. A. (1954). The ecology of distraction display. British Journal of Animal Behaviour, 2(4), 121-135.

Barash, D. P. (1975). Evolutionary aspects of parental behavior: Distraction behavior of the alpine accentor. Wilson Bulletin, 87(3), 367-373.

Byrkjedal, I. (1989). Nest defense behavior of lesser golden-plovers. Wilson Bulletin, 101(4), 579-590.

Caro, T. M. "Distraction Displays." Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals. Chicago: U of Chicago, 2005. 343-46. Print.

Duffey, E., & Creasey, N. (1950). The "rodent-run" distraction-behaviour of certain waders. Ibis, 92(1), 27-33.

Edmunds, M. (1974). Defence in Animals. Harlow, UK: Longman Group Limited.

Foster, S. A. (1988). Displays of paternal stickleback: Defenses against cannibalistic groups. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 22(5), 335-340.

Long, C. A. (1993). Bivocal distraction nest-site display in the red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, with comments on outlier nesting and nesting behavior. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 107(1), 104-106.

Mitchell, R.W., & Thompson, N.S. (1986). Deception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Nijman V., Nekaris K.A.I., (2012) Loud Call, Startle Behavior, Social Organisation, and Predator Avoidance in Arboreal Langeurs (primates)

Pavel, V., & Bures, S. (2000). Offspring age and nest defence: Test of the feedback hypothesis in the meadow pipet. Animal Behavior, 61(2), 297-303. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheETeam (talk • contribs) 03:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Ristau, C. A. (1991). Aspects of the cognitive ethology of an injury-feigning bird, the piping plover. In C. A. Ristau (Ed.), Cognitive Ethology: The Minds of Other Animals (pp. 91-126). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Rowley, I. (1962). "Rodent-run" distraction display by a passerine, the superb blue wren Malurus cyaneus (L.). Behaviour, 19(1/2), 170-176.

Sonerud, G. A. (1988). To distract display or not: Grouse hens and foxes. Oikos, 51(2), 233-237.

Sordahl, T. A. (1990). The risks of avian mobbing and distraction behavior: An anecdotal review. Wilson Bulletin, 102(2), 349-352.

Walters, J. R. (1990). Anti-predatory behavior of lapwings: Field evidence of discriminative abilities. Wilson Bulletin, 102(1), 49-70.

Wiklund, Christer G. (1983). Nest Defence in Evolution of Reversed Sexual Size Dimorphism in Snowy Owls Nyctea scandiaca.

Whoriskey, F. G. (1991). Stickleback distraction displays: Sexual or foraging deception against egg cannibalism? Animal Behaviour, 41(6), 989-995. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheETeam (talk • contribs) 14:52, 29 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I guess this is a student thing? If you're a team of people, by the way, you ought each to have a separate login to comply with Wikipedia policy. I'm not sure why you're compiling a bibliography - such a thing is not really wanted in a technical article; its use would be to assemble relevant facts for the article which you then cite using these sources as inline references, one at a time. So, making a "complete" list (that'd be when science has stopped advancing?) is at most a background task. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:44, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I supposethis is just a working list of sources that the students wish to examine in order to improve the article and not something that is going to go into the article. Shyamal (talk) 08:59, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * That would be correct; this isn't intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, just a list of sources that will be cited in the final improved article. "Unfinished" is actually just intended to designate that more will be added along the way. I'd never think for a second of science as being complete in such a fashion! Also, apologies for any difficulties/confusion/annoyance here. Students were asked to post proposed source lists on talk pages so my hands are a bit tied by course demands.152.3.43.140 (talk) 14:53, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Not sure if deflective display fits?
Source 2 defines deflective display as something an animal does when it is being attacked--not its nest or young. The idea is to deflect a predator's attack to a less vulnerable part of the prey's own body. I'm pretty sure this doesn't apply here. Akg16 (talk) 00:32, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

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