Early social complexity influences social behaviour but not social trajectories in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish

Social competence—defined as the ability to optimize social behaviour according to available social information—can be influenced by the social environment experienced in early life. In cooperatively breeding vertebrates, the current group size influences behavioural phenotypes, but it is not known...

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Main Authors: Océane La Loggia, Alastair J. Wilson, Barbara Taborsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2024-03-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230740