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A model comparison reveals dynamic social information drives the movements of humbug damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus)

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of The Royal Society Interface, January 2014
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Title
A model comparison reveals dynamic social information drives the movements of humbug damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus)
Published in
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, January 2014
DOI 10.1098/rsif.2013.0794
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R. P. Mann, J. E. Herbert-Read, Q. Ma, L. A. Jordan, D. J. T. Sumpter, A. J. W. Ward

Abstract

Animals make use a range of social information to inform their movement decisions. One common movement rule, found across many different species, is that the probability that an individual moves to an area increases with the number of conspecifics there. However, in many cases, it remains unclear what social cues produce this and other similar movement rules. Here, we investigate what cues are used by damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus) when repeatedly crossing back and forth between two coral patches in an experimental arena. We find that an individual's decision to move is best predicted by the recent movements of conspecifics either to or from that individual's current habitat. Rather than actively seeking attachment to a larger group, individuals are instead prioritizing highly local and dynamic information with very limited spatial and temporal ranges. By reanalysing data in which the same species crossed for the first time to a new coral patch, we show that the individuals use static cues in this case. This suggests that these fish alter their information usage according to the structure and familiarity of their environment by using stable information when moving to a novel area and localized dynamic information when moving between familiar areas.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 3%
Sweden 1 2%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 2%
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 61 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 26%
Student > Master 10 15%
Researcher 7 11%
Student > Bachelor 5 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 6%
Other 10 15%
Unknown 13 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 28 42%
Psychology 4 6%
Environmental Science 3 5%
Mathematics 3 5%
Engineering 3 5%
Other 10 15%
Unknown 15 23%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 November 2015.
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#6,214,143
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Outputs from Journal of The Royal Society Interface
#1,560
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#73,586
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of The Royal Society Interface
#15
of 31 outputs
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