Seasonal patterns of mixed species groups in large East African mammals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Mixed mammal species groups are common in East African savannah ecosystems. Yet, it is largely unknown if co-occurrences of large mammals result from random processes or social preferences and if interspecific associations are consistent across ...
Christian Kiffner +3 more
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Mixed-species groups and aggregations: shaping ecological and behavioural patterns and processes. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Mixed-species groups of birds, fishes and mammals have traditionally been described in taxa-specific journals. However, mixed-species systems are actually more widely found when one includes aggregative (non-moving) systems, such as those common in ...
Carlson NV +3 more
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Refining the stress gradient hypothesis for mixed species groups of African mammals [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Species interactions such as facilitation and predation influence food webs, yet it is unclear how they are mediated by environmental gradients. Here we test the stress gradient hypothesis which predicts that positive species interactions increase with ...
Christian Kiffner +5 more
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Living in mixed species groups promotes predator learning in degraded habitats [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Living in mix-species aggregations provides animals with substantive anti-predator, foraging and locomotory advantages while simultaneously exposing them to costs, including increased competition and pathogen exposure.
Douglas P. Chivers +4 more
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Mixed-species groups and the question of dominance in the social ecosystem. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Dominance interactions and hierarchies are of long-standing interest in the field of animal behaviour. Currently, dominance hierarchies are viewed as complex social structures formed by repeated interactions between individuals.
Coppinger BA +3 more
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Habitat partitioning, co-occurrence patterns, and mixed-species group formation in sympatric delphinids [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Numerous species have been reported to form mixed-species groups, however, little is known about the interplay between niche partitioning and mixed-species group formation.
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Mixed-species groups in bats: non-random roost associations and roost selection in neotropical understory bats [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2021 Background Mixed-species groups in animals have been shown to confer antipredator, foraging and other benefits to their members that may provide selective advantages.
Detlev H. Kelm +2 more
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Comparing single- and mixed-species groups in fruit flies: differences in group dynamics, but not group formation [PDF]
Journal of Heredity, 2021 Mixed-species groups describe active associations among individuals of 2 or more species at the same trophic level. Mixed-species groups are important to key ecological and evolutionary processes such as competition and predation, and research that ...
Anna R. Girardeau +2 more
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Coordinated hunting behaviors of mixed-species groups of piscivores and associated species at Isla del Coco National Park (Eastern Tropical Pacific) [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2019 Studies of mixed-species groups of animals can reveal emergent complexities of collective behaviors. In this study we collected data on mixed-species hunting groups composed primarily of piscivorous fishes (species composition, abundance, behavioral ...
Peter J. Auster +3 more
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Dynamics of Cetacean Mixed-Species Groups: A Review and Conceptual Framework for Assessing Their Functional Significance [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Numerous species of cetaceans have been recorded in mixed-species groups (MSGs). By forming groups with individuals of different species, cetaceans may reduce predation risk, improve foraging, and gain social benefits.
Jonathan Syme +2 more
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