Social dominance hierarchies are widespread, but little is known about the mechanisms that produce non-linear structures. In addition to despotic hierarchies, where a single individual dominates, shar
Here f(.) denotes a non-parametric smooth and ‘|’ denotes an interaction between two terms (see equation (1) and text for key to the model terms). All models included a random effect on individual sea
Data used for analyses of moult intensity (based on raggedness and mass of growing wing- and tail feathers), sequence, and speed in the House Sparrow. Biometric data used to calculate physical conditi
Parameter values (on the logit scale) of the model relating nest success when boars forage with the threshold value that initiated Bayesian updating of prior settlement decisions.
