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SUBMITTER: Papastamatiou YP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7575530 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Papastamatiou Yannis P YP Bodey Thomas W TW Caselle Jennifer E JE Bradley Darcy D Freeman Robin R Friedlander Alan M AM Jacoby David M P DMP
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20200812 1932
Animals across vertebrate taxa form social communities and often exist as fission-fusion groups. Central place foragers (CPF) may form groups from which they will predictably disperse to forage, either individually or in smaller groups, before returning to fuse with the larger group. However, the function and stability of social associations in predatory fish acting as CPFs is unknown, as individuals do not need to return to a shelter yet show fidelity to core areas. Using dynamic social network ...[more]