Information and its use by animals in evolutionary ecology.

By Sasha R. X. Dall, Luc‐Alain Giraldeau, Ola Olsson, John M. McNamara, D. Stephens. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sociology and Political Science

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Competitor density cues for habitat quality facilitating habitat selection and investment decisions (2008, background): “Accumulating evidence indicates that individuals use proximate cues derived from the presence, behavior, or performance of conspecific individuals in assessing habitat quality (social information; see Danchin et al. 2004; Dall et al. 2005 for reviews).”
Dynamic occupancy models reveal within-breeding season movement up a habitat quality gradient by a migratory songbird (2008, background): “A strategy that could overcome some of these limitations is for individuals to adjust site selection as more reliable information becomes available within the first part of the breeding period (Dall et al. 2005).”
Environmental challenge and animal agency. (2011, background): “Intensive research is also being pursued on many other aspects of exploration such as evolutionary modelling (Dall et al., 2005), or the social dimension of information gathering.”
Nine-spined sticklebacks deploy a hill-climbing social learning strategy (2009, background): “To the contrary, both evolutionary game theory and population genetic models lead to the prediction that animals ought to be highly selective with respect to the circumstances under which they rely on social learning and the individuals from whom they learn (Boyd and Richerson 1985; Rogers 1988; Gir”
The Anatomy of Motivation: An Evolutionary-Ecological Approach (2013, background): “Finally, there are theories about uncertainty reduction (Dall et al. 2005) and skill development (Rasmussen 1983; Ash and Holding 1990; Plourde 2008) that relate to the evolutionary problems addressed by the motives of curiosity and play.”
Sociable schedules: interplay between avian seasonal and social behaviour (2006, background): “Accordingly, some of the information that an animal acquires becomes social information (Danchin et al. 2004; Conradt & Roper 2005; Dall et al. 2005).”
Foraging nine-spined sticklebacks prefer to rely on public information over simpler social cues (2005, background): “The quality of decisions depends on the reliability of the information used, which will in part depend on whether it is graded (public information) or discrete (social cues; Dall et al., 2005).”
How to balance the offspring quality–quantity tradeoff when environmental cues are unreliable (2011, neutral): “To reduce the level of uncertainty, mothers can collect information that will be useful in making decisions (Dall et al. 2005): for example, a butterfly laying eggs may sample the larval environment (the host plant).”
Impact of food predictability on social facilitation by foraging scavengers (2010, background): “In particular, it may be personal information, derived from one’s previous experience, or it may be social information, acquired from interacting with conspecifics (Danchin et al. 2004; Dall et al. 2005).”
Site fidelity and patterns of short- and long-term movement in the brilliant-thighed poison frog Allobates femoralis (Aromobatidae) (2009, methodology): “An extension of this hypothesis integrates the use of “public information” (Dall et al. 2005; Valone 2007) about reproductive success of conspecifics into decision making.”
Radio tagging reveals the roles of corpulence, experience and social information in ant decision making (2009, background): “The return of workers to the nest provides public information (inadvertent social cues supplying graded information; Dall et al. 2005) about the colony’s foraging activity and the hostility of the environment.”