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Why do birds participate in mixed-species foraging flocks? A large-scale synthesis
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It is shown that bird species in terrestrial mixed-species flocks increase foraging rates and reduce vigilance compared to when they are solitary or in conspecific groups, suggesting a role for predation in the evolution of mixed- species flocking.About:
This article is published in Animal Behaviour.The article was published on 2009-08-01. It has received 286 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Flock & Foraging.read more
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Interspecific information transfer influences animal community structure
TL;DR: It is reviewed that research indicates that heterospecific information is a driving factor in the formation or maintenance of temporary or stable mixed-species groups, and the morphological, ecological and behavioral factors that make some species information sources and others information seekers.
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Sociality: The Behaviour of Group-Living Animals
TL;DR: In Animal Social Behaviour as discussed by the authors, the authors integrate the most up-to-date empirical and theoretical research to provide a new synthesis of the field, which is aimed at fellow researchers and postgraduate students on the topic.
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The ecology of information: an overview on the ecological significance of making informed decisions
TL;DR: The ecology of information is defined as the study of how organisms acquire and use information in decision-making and its significance for populations, communities, landscapes and ecosystems and implications of information as a central organizing principle are explored.
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Eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls: from mechanisms to consequences.
TL;DR: Overall, it is known that eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls is an important source of information for many species across the globe, and there are ample opportunities for research on mechanisms, fitness consequences and implications for community function and signalling evolution.
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The evolution of mutualism.
TL;DR: Both symbioses and brief-exchange mutualisms have transformed whole ecosystems and may be steps towards ecosystems which, like Adam Smith's ideal economy, serve their members' common good.
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Geometry for the selfish herd.
TL;DR: An antithesis to the view that gregarious behaviour is evolved through benefits to the population or species is presented, and simply defined models are used to show that even in non-gregarious species selection is likely to favour individuals who stay close to others.
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Living in Groups
TL;DR: In this paper, three types of groups are described, including the impact they have on the development of the membe... and some lessons learned from a lifetime of working with and thinking about groups.
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Living in groups
Jens Krause,Graeme D. Ruxton +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits of group formation and the costs of grouping are discussed, as well as the spatial heterogeneity of costs and benefits within groups and the homogeneity and homogeneity of group membership.
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Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments
TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analysis of the results of independent Experiments combining the Results of Independent Experiments and ANCOVA to derive nonparametric and Randomization approaches to ANOVA.