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Communal Roosting

Communal Roosting is a behavioral ecology phenomenon in which multiple individuals of the same species aggregate for resting or sleeping, distinguished from solitary roosting by its social structuring and collective benefits such as thermoregulation, predation avoidance, and information exchange.

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The evolution of communal roosting in birds: origin and secondary losses

Guy Beauchamp · Behavioral Ecology · 1999 · 219 citations · Full text

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Food Finding and the Influence of Information, Local Enhancement, and Communal Roosting on Foraging Success of North American Vultures

Neil J. Buckley · The Auk · 1996 · 157 citations · Full text

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Social foraging and individual consistency in following behaviour: testing the information centre hypothesis in free-ranging vultures

Roi Harel, Orr Spiegel, Wayne M. Getz et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2017 · 127 citations · Full text

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Communal Cavity Roosting in Green Woodhoopoes: Consequences for Energy Expenditure and the Seasonal Pattern of Mortality

Joseph B. Williams · The Auk · 1994 · 110 citations · Full text

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Beyond the information centre hypothesis: communal roosting for information on food, predators, travel companions and mates?

Allert I. Bijleveld, Martijn Egas, Jan A. van Gils et al. · Oikos · 2009 · 88 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DF
    Donald F. Caccamise

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    9 publications · 316 citations

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  2. GF
    Gregory F. Grether

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    5 publications · 145 citations

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  3. DW
    Douglas W. Morrison

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    4 publications · 170 citations

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  4. AE
    Andrew E. McKechnie

    University of Pretoria, South Africa

    3 publications · 41 citations

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  5. GK
    Gerald Kerth

    Universität Greifswald, Germany

    3 publications · 70 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    329 citations

  2. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    231 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    279 citations

  4. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    196 citations

  5. Universität Greifswald

    Greifswald, Germany

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    188 citations

  6. Estación Biológica de Doñana

    Seville, Spain

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    151 citations

  7. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    60 citations

  8. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

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  1. Ornithological Applications

    6 publications · 206 citations

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  2. The Auk

    6 publications · 420 citations

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  3. Ibis

    6 publications · 225 citations

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  4. Behavioral Ecology

    6 publications · 359 citations

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  5. Animal Behaviour

    5 publications · 209 citations

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