Experimental manipulation of avian social structure reveals segregation is carried over across contexts

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1802, 2015, Pages

  Firth, Josh A ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associations; Assortativity; Paridae; Resilience; Social interactions; Social network

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; EUSOCIALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENGLAND; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84922356399     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2350     Document Type: Article

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