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dc.contributor.authorSilk, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorCroft, Darren P
dc.contributor.authorTregenza, Tom
dc.contributor.authorBearhop, Stuart
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-29T17:11:09Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-09
dc.description.abstractAlmost all animal social groups show some form of fission–fusion dynamics, whereby group membership is not spatio-temporally stable. These dynamics have major implications at both population and individual levels, exerting an important influence on patterns of social behaviour, information transfer and epidemiology. However, fission–fusion dynamics in birds have received relatively little attention. We review the existing evidence for fission–fusion sociality in birds alongside a more general explanation of the social and ecological processes that may drive fission–fusion dynamics. Through a combination of recent methodological developments and novel technologies with well-established areas of ornithological research, avian systems offer great potential to further our understanding of fission–fusion social systems and the consequences they have at an individual and population level. In particular, investigating the interaction between social structure and environmental covariates can promote a deeper understanding of the evolution of social behaviour and the adaptive value of group living, as well as having important consequences for applied research.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipFERA, University of Exeteren_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 156, No. 4, pp. 701–715,en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ibi.12191
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/15773
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherWileyen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.12191/fullen_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonJournal requirementen_GB
dc.subjectcollective behaviouren_GB
dc.subjectfamiliarityen_GB
dc.subjectmixed-species flocksen_GB
dc.subjectpartial consensusen_GB
dc.subjectsocial networksen_GB
dc.titleThe importance of fission-fusion social group dynamics in birdsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.issn0019-1019
dc.descriptionThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Silk, M. J., Croft, D. P., Tregenza, T., Bearhop, S. (2014), The importance of fission–fusion social group dynamics in birds. Ibis, 156: 701–715. which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1111/ibi.12191. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archivingen_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1474-919X
dc.identifier.journalIbisen_GB


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