Locomotion, interactions and information transfer vary according to context in a cryptic fish species

• Published in: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Encel, Stella A., Schaerf, Timothy M., Lizier, Joseph T., Ward, Ashley J. W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Science + Business Media 01.01.2021; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alarm systems; Animal behavior; Animal Ecology; Animals; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chemical stimuli; Clustering; conspecificity; Conspecifics; Cryptic species; Cues; Ecological effects; Entropy; Fish; Food; Foraging behavior; Foraging habitats; Gobiidae; Gobiiformes; habitats; information exchange; Information transfer; Life Sciences; Locomotion; ORIGINAL ARTICLE; Pseudogobius; risk; Social behavior; Social environment; sociobiology; Species; Zoology; Sociality; Shoaling; Crypsis; Saltatory locomotion; Solitary
• ISSN: 0340-5443; 1432-0762
• DOI: 10.1007/s00265-020-02930-0

The behaviour of animals is strongly influenced by the detection of cues relating to foraging opportunity or to risk, while the social environment plays a crucial role in mediating their behavioural responses. Despite this, the role of the social environment in the behaviour of non-grouping animals...