Proceedings. Biological sciencesAnimalsSocial LearningFinchesMaleNesting Behavior
Dynamic strategic social learning in nest-building zebra finches and its generalizability.
Alexis J Breen, Tristan Eckersley, Andrés Camacho-Alpízar, Connor T Lambert, Gopika Balasubramanian, Susan D Healy, Richard McElreath, Lauren M Guillette
Published: 202510.1098/rspb.2025.1508
Abstract
Animals often balance asocial and social information strategically, adjusting when and from whom they copy based on context. Yet the cognition driving this dynamic-and its broader implications-remains poorly understood. We tested whether zebra finche…
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