Eating More and Fighting Less: Social Foraging Is a Potential Advantage for Successful Expansion of Bird Source Populations

Animals can expand distributions in response to climatic and environmental changes, but the potential expansive ability of a source population is rarely evaluated using designed experiments. Group foraging can increase survival in new environments, but it also increases intraspecific competition. Th...

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Published in:	Biology
Main Authors:	Xiang Li, Xiaochen Wang, Jinyao Lu, Li Li, Dongming Li, Xiaoying Xing, Fumin Lei
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Subjects:	distribution change <i>Pycnonotus sinensis</i> social foraging expansion advantage source population competition
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/10/1496