Collective decision making and social interaction rules in mixed-species flocks of songbirds
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Collective decision making and social interaction rules in mixed-species flocks of songbirds
Associations in mixed-species foraging groups are common in animals, yet have rarely been explored in the context of collective behaviour. Despite many investigations into the social and ecological conditions under which individuals should form groups, we still know little about the specific behavioural rules that individuals adopt in these contexts, or whether these can be generalized to heter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Animal Behaviour
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0003-3472
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.07.008