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ArticleRoyal Society open science2025

Neophobia across social contexts in juvenile herring gulls.

Reinoud Allaert, Sophia Knoch, Simon Braem, Dries Debeer, An Martel, Wendt Müller, Eric Stienen, Luc Lens, Frederick Verbruggen

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Reinoud AllaertDepartment of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6122-496X
Sophia KnochCentre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9156-5725
Simon BraemDepartment of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Dries DebeerResearch Support Office, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
An MartelCentre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Wendt MüllerDepartment of Biology, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium.
Eric StienenResearch Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels, Belgium.
Luc LensDepartment of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0241-2215
Frederick VerbruggenDepartment of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-0719

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neophobia, the fear or avoidance of the unfamiliar, can have significant fitness consequences. It is typically assessed by exposing individuals to unfamiliar objects when they are alone, but in social species, the presence of conspecifics can influence neophobia. However, previous research on the effect of group dynamics on neophobic responses has produced mixed results. Here, we explored the degree of neophobia of an individual in different social contexts in a highly social species, the herring gull. To this end, we exposed juvenile herring gulls (

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animal behaviouranimal personalitybehavioural inhibitionherring gullneophobiasocial behaviour

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PMID40400523
PMCPMC12092120

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