Why fight? Socially dominant jackdaws, Corvus monedula, have low fitness
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Social dominance is assumed to be associated with higher fitness, because social dominance implies better access to resources. The findings indicate that in a colony of jackdaws, the dominant males consistently produced fewer fledglings, which had lower chances of survival to one year of age.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Socially acquired information from chemical cues in the common lizard, Lacerta vivipara
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A study conducted to analyze the effect of conspecific chemical cues like body scents by common lizard, Lacerta vivipara, on shelter selection is discussed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Plasticity of worker reproductive strategies in Bombus terrestris: lessons from artificial mixed-species colonies
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The effects of queen's inhibitive action on worker reproduction and parasitic behavior in artificial mixed colonies of bumblebee species are presented.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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