Mixed-species associations can arise without heterospecific attraction

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 574-581

  Farine, Damien R ^a   Downing, Charles P ^b   Downing, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Collective animal behavior; Colonial breeding; Competition; Interspecific interactions; Ploceidae; Self organization

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIAL BREEDING; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE ATTRACTION; PASSERINE; SELF ORGANIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84900838676     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru023     Document Type: Article

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