Collective decision making and social interaction rules in mixed-species flocks of songbirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-182

  Farine, Damien R ^a,b,c   Aplin, Lucy M ^a,d   Garroway, Colin J ^a   Mann, Richard P ^e   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collective behaviour; Cyanistes caeruleus; Decision making; Interspecific interaction; Mixed species flocking; Paridae; Parus major; Social information use

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; WOODLAND;

EID: 84907374296     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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