Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz, Germany; Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.
Curr Biol. 2022 May 23;32(10):R467-R469. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.070.
Making a decision as a group requires not only choosing where to go but also when to go. A new study provides experimental evidence that, in jackdaws, vocalisations facilitate synchronous early morning departures from communal roosts.
作为一个群体做出决策不仅需要选择去哪里,还需要选择何时出发。一项新的研究提供了实验证据,表明在寒鸦中,叫声有助于它们在清晨同步离开公共栖息地。