Anti-predator function of bluegill sunfish nesting colonies

Geometry for the selfish herd

W D Hamilton · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1971 · 3.4K citations

Discrete Geometry, Selfish Herd, Geometric Algorithm +4

THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAIN ASSEMBLAGES OF BIRDS AS “INFORMATION‐CENTRES” FOR FOOD‐FINDING

Peter D. Ward, Amotz Zahavi · Ibis · 1973 · 1.1K citations

Biology, Foraging, Summary Evidence +8

Advantages and Disadvantages of Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) Coloniality

John L. Hoogland, Paul W. Sherman · Ecological Monographs · 1976 · 520 citations

Biology, Breeding Behavior, Settler Colonialism +12

The Adaptive Significance of Colonial Nesting in the Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus Cyanocephalus)

Henry S. Horn · Ecology · 1968 · 397 citations

Colonial Nesting, Breeding Behavior, Engineering +16

Female mimicry in male bluegill sunfish—a genetic polymorphism?

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Molecular Ecology, Medicine, Genetics +9