The Journal of animal ecology
Trade-offs across life history stages and social association types shape winter communal roosting in a long-lived raptor.
Benedetta Catitti, Lorenz P Mindt, Adrian Aebischer, Martin U Grüebler, Birgit C Schlick-Steiner, Florian M Steiner, Urs G Kormann
Published: 202510.1111/1365-2656.70198
Abstract
Social interactions among conspecifics can have significant fitness implications, but how social behaviours develop in wild animals remains poorly understood. Here, we examine the intrinsic drivers of a social behaviour, communal winter roosting, in…
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