Kin selection has played an important role in the evolution and maintenance of cooperative
breeding behaviour in many bird species. However, although relatedness has been shown …

Empirical studies on the group-size effect (a reduction in time allocated to vigilance with an
increase in group size that releases more time for foraging) have generally assumed that the …

Seasonal patterns in territorial behaviour are common in many species, and are often
attributed to the adaptive benefits of increased defence or the provision of information to …

The social network of preferences among group members can affect the distribution and
consequences of collective behaviours. However, the behavioural contexts and taxa in …

The earliest studies of collective animal behaviour were inspired by and conducted in the
wild. Over the past decades much of the research in this field has shifted to the laboratory …

Assessing local habitat quality via social cues provided by conspecific or heterospecific
individuals sharing the same needs is a widespread strategy of social information use for …

The benefits of group foraging depend on the frequency of feeding from food uncovered by
companions (joining) versus self-discovered food (finding). Information-sharing (IS) and …

Recent well-documented cases of cultural evolution towards increasing efficiency in non-
human animals have led some authors to propose that other animals are also capable of …

The literature on mixed-species flocks references a wide variety of bird associations. These
studies, however, have used an array of unstructured characteristics to describe flocks …

In a communication network, individuals can observe and gain information from behaviours
not directed at them. In this context, behaviours not primarily intended to be a signal might …