Breeding synchrony in colonial birds: from local stress to global harmony
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Breeding synchrony in colonial birds: from local stress to global harmony.
Why and how birds in colonies often breed in striking synchrony is an unsolved question. In colonies, conspecific birds often destroy eggs and kill chicks, either intentionally or not. We propose that social tranquillity at the time of laying can be achieved if a bird's stress level is partly determined by the agitation of its neighbours. Moreover, we propose that this local process, together w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0125