Settling decisions and heterospecific social information use in shrikes.

Animals often settle near competitors, a behavior known as social attraction, which belies standard habitat selection theory. Two hypotheses account for these observations: individuals obtain Allee benefits mediated by the physical presence of a competitor, or they use successfully settled individua...

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Main Authors: Martin Hromada, Marcin Antczak, Thomas J Valone, Piotr Tryjanowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2592541?pdf=render