Conspecific attraction is the preferential settlement into habitat patches with conspecifics. To
be a good proximate strategy, fitness gains from settling with conspecifics must outweigh the …

Much of current habitat‐selection theory assumes that individual fitness monotonically
declines as a function of density, and that social interactions among settlers are entirely …

Studies of competition in benthic marine organisms have focused on sessile filter-feeders
and mobile grazers, to the neglect of mobile filter-feeders, including porcelain crabs. The …

Many species disperse during their lifetime. Two factors that can affect the performance of
individuals following dispersal are the presence of conspecifics and intrinsic habitat quality …

Many species across taxa select habitat based on conspecific presence, known as
conspecific attraction. Studies that document conspecific attraction typically provide social …

We analyzed the ecological conditions that may favor a habitat selection process in which
later arriving individuals (colonists) use the presence of earlier established species …

Attraction to conspecifics may have wide-ranging implications for habitat selection and
metapopulation theory, yet little is known about the process of attraction and its effects …

Vacancy chains involve unique patterns of resource acquisition behaviors that determine
how reusable resources are distributed through animal populations. Shell vacancy chains …

In organisms using a wide variety of refuges, both the cost and benefits to the users might be
refuge-specific. Under these circumstances, users using mechanisms (eg, behavioral …

Shelters generated by the introduced reef-building polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus
(Serpulidae) significantly enhance settlement of the crab Cyrtograpsus angulatus …