Social information use across trophic guilds DOI Creative Commons
Marie L. Muñiz,

Brian S. Meadows,

Pablo López-Albarrán

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 7, 2024

ABSTRACT Animals use social information gathered by observing other individuals to adjust their behavior better match the environment and improve fitness. Many insects in various contexts. Bees foraging efficiency using from conspecifics gauge nectar availability. frequently encounter heterospecific flower visitors, including different trophic groups such as nectaring predators. These heterospecifics may provide valuable about We determined how bumble bees ( Bombus impatiens ) visual predatory lady beetles Hippodamia convergens ), who consume increase reproductive output. Using laboratory-maintained freely flying arenas, we tested if could (1) innately recognize sources of nectar, (2) learn did not a source information. They correctly learned associate with presence absence food, but only food absence. Our results demonstrate learning across species guilds, suggest limits when generalize diverse visitors.

Language: Английский

The ecological role of Fraxinus for species diversity in floodplain forests DOI
Andreas Floren, Peter Horchler,

Peter Sprick

et al.

Oecologia, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 207(3)

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Language: Английский

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Web transmission properties vary with a spider’s past and current noise exposure DOI
Brandi J. Pessman, Eileen A. Hebets

Current Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Leveraging passive acoustic monitoring for result-based agri-environmental schemes: Opportunities, challenges and next steps DOI Creative Commons
Anna F. Cord, Kevin Darras, Ryo Ogawa

et al.

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 305, P. 111042 - 111042

Published: March 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Mechanisms of noise disruption: masking, not distraction or increased vigilance, compromises wild bird communication DOI Creative Commons
You Zhou, Andrew N. Radford, Robert D. Magrath

et al.

Animal Behaviour, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 214, P. 55 - 63

Published: June 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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2
Single‐species and multi‐species playbacks elicit asymmetrical responses within mixed‐species chickadee, titmouse, and nuthatch flocks DOI
Heather J. B. Brooks, Todd M. Freeberg

Ethology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 130(6)

Published: March 27, 2024

Abstract Individuals join mixed‐species groups to gain benefits such as improved foraging and predator detection. Birds in the family Paridae often drive flocking North America, these species can act community informants for forest‐wide eavesdropping networks. Although we know a great deal about how this communication functions anti‐predator contexts, less is known vocalizations of members flocks may affect behavior potential flockmates. In study, presented naturally occurring chickadees, titmice, nuthatches with one four playback conditions: chickadee‐only calls, nuthatch‐only calls both species, silent control. We hypothesized that would be most responsive playbacks contained from more than species. also tested an alternative hypothesis predicted birds nuclear within flock (chickadees). found were likely arrive, arrived quickly, compared alone or Playbacks chickadee attracted intermediate number birds, which did not differ significantly condition, nuthatch call condition. Our hypotheses supported due lack significant difference between playbacks. However, our findings do indicate different react differently future studies continue find asymmetries attraction social signals.

Language: Английский

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Mixed-species flock sizes and compositions influence flock members’ success in three field experiments with novel feeders DOI Creative Commons
Todd M. Freeberg, Colton B. Adams, Charles A. Price

et al.

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(5), P. e0301270 - e0301270

Published: May 9, 2024

Mixed-species groups and aggregations are quite common may provide substantial fitness-related benefits to group members. Individuals benefit from the overall size of mixed-species or diversity species present, both. Here we exposed flocks songbirds (Carolina chickadees, Poecile carolinensis , tufted titmice, Baeolophus bicolor satellite attracted these two species) three different novel feeder experiments assess influence flock composition on ability solve tasks. We also assessed potential role habitat density traffic noise birds’ found that likelihood solving a task was associated with composition, though specific social factor involved depended particular feeder. did not find an background Overall, our results reveal importance variation in foraging success songbirds.

Language: Английский

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Social information use across trophic guilds DOI Creative Commons
Marie L. Muñiz,

Brian S. Meadows,

Pablo López-Albarrán

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 7, 2024

ABSTRACT Animals use social information gathered by observing other individuals to adjust their behavior better match the environment and improve fitness. Many insects in various contexts. Bees foraging efficiency using from conspecifics gauge nectar availability. frequently encounter heterospecific flower visitors, including different trophic groups such as nectaring predators. These heterospecifics may provide valuable about We determined how bumble bees ( Bombus impatiens ) visual predatory lady beetles Hippodamia convergens ), who consume increase reproductive output. Using laboratory-maintained freely flying arenas, we tested if could (1) innately recognize sources of nectar, (2) learn did not a source information. They correctly learned associate with presence absence food, but only food absence. Our results demonstrate learning across species guilds, suggest limits when generalize diverse visitors.

Language: Английский

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0