ReviewEcology and evolution2020
A review of conspecific attraction for habitat selection across taxa.
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- Social cues from neighboring patches influence patch dynamics in a spatially structured population of a colonial bird.Ecology · 2026Article
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- How Can Overlooking Social Interactions, Space Familiarity or Other "Invisible Landscapes" Shaping Animal Movement Bias Habitat Selection Estimations and Species Distribution Predictions?Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
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- Flexible males, proactive females: increased boldness/exploration damping with time in male but not female colonists.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Conspecific cues mediate habitat selection and reproductive performance in a haplodiploid spider mite.Current zoology · 2024Article
- Flexible males, reactive females: faecal glucocorticoid metabolites indicate increased stress in the colonist population, damping with time in males but not in females.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2024Article
- The effect of soil parameters and earthworm abundance on the fine-scale nocturnal habitat use of the Eurasian woodcock (Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- How territoriality and sociality influence the habitat selection and movements of a large carnivore.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Social information modifies the associations between forest fragmentation and the abundance of a passerine bird.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Widow spiders alter web architecture and attractiveness in response to same-sex competition for prey and mates, and predation risk.Communications biology · 2023Article
- Induction of larval settlement in crown-of-thorns starfish is not mediated by conspecific cues.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Pollen Molecular Identification from a Long-Distance Migratory Insect,International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Habitat detection, habitat choice copying or mating benefits: What drives conspecific attraction in a nomadic songbird?The Journal of animal ecology · 2023Article
- Individual variability in habitat selection by aquatic insects is driven by taxonomy rather than specialisation.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Becoming nose-blind-Climate change impacts on chemical communication.Global change biology · 2022Article
- A review of conspecific attraction for habitat selection across taxa.Ecology and evolution · 2020Review
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Abstract
Many species across taxa select habitat based on conspecific presence, known as conspecific attraction. Studies that document conspecific attraction typically provide social information (i.e., cues that indicate the presence of a given species) and then determine if a given species is more likely to settle at locations where the social information is provided compared to those locations that do not. Although the number of studies examining conspecific attraction has grown in recent years, a comprehensive review has not yet been undertaken. Here, we conducted a review of the literature and found 151 studies investigating conspecific attraction across eight taxa. We found that conspecific attraction is widespread with between 80% and 100% of studies, depending on taxa, documenting positive associations between habitat selection and the presence of conspecific cues. Conspecific attraction has been documented more frequently in bird and fish species with less attention given to invertebrate and mammal species. We use the patterns we found to (a) provide an overview of the current state of research on conspecific attraction and (b) discuss how important factors, such as cue characteristics and life history traits, may play a role in shaping conspecific attraction patterns within and across taxa.
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