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No, you go first: phenotype and social context affect house sparrow neophobia.
Biology letters - 1 Sept 2020
Kelly T R, Kimball M G, Stansberry K R, Lattin C R
Abstract excerpt
Novel object trials are commonly used to assess aversion to novelty (neophobia), and previous work has shown neophobia can be influenced by the social environment, but whether the altered behaviour persists afterwards (social learning) is largely unknown in wild animals. We assessed house sparrow (Passer domesticus) novel object responses before, during and after being paired with a conspecific of either similar...
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