Communications Biology (Jan 2021)

Causal evidence for the adaptive benefits of social foraging in the wild

  • Lysanne Snijders,
  • Stefan Krause,
  • Alan N. Tump,
  • Michael Breuker,
  • Chente Ortiz,
  • Sofia Rizzi,
  • Indar W. Ramnarine,
  • Jens Krause,
  • Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01597-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Snijders et al. present a field-based experimental study of the effects of group size and sex composition on social foraging in Trinidadian guppies. Their results indicate that sex differences in sociality do not necessarily imply an unequal ability to benefit from social presence.