Authors: Stephanie Dodson, William K. Oestreich, Matthew S. Savoca, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, John P. Ryan, Jerome Fiechter & Briana Abrahms
Journal: Scientific Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65827-2
“Social information is predicted to enhance the quality of animals’ migratory decisions in dynamic ecosystems, but the relative benefits of social information in the long-range movements of marine megafauna are unknown. In particular, whether and how migrants use nonlocal information gained through social communication at the large spatial scale of oceanic ecosystems remains unclear. […]”
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