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Social learning and culture in birds: Emerging patterns and relevance to conservation

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências Biológicas
datacite.subject.sdg15:Proteger a Vida Terrestre
dc.contributor.authorAplin, Lucy
dc.contributor.authorCrates, Ross
dc.contributor.authorFlack, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorMcGregor, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-12T14:34:14Z
dc.date.available2025-05-12T14:34:14Z
dc.date.issued2025-05
dc.description.abstractThere is now abundant evidence for a role of social learning and culture in shaping behaviour in a range of avian species across multiple contexts, from migration routes in geese and foraging behaviour in crows, to passerine song. Recent emerging evidence has further linked culture to fitness outcomes in some birds, highlighting its potential importance for conservation. Here, we first summarize the state of knowledge on social learning and culture in birds, focusing on the best-studied contexts of migration, foraging, predation and song. We identify extensive knowledge gaps for some taxa but argue that existing evidence suggests that: (i) social learning and culture are taxonomically clustered and that (ii) reliance on social learning in one behavioural domain does not predict reliance across others. Together, we use this to build a predictive framework to aid conservationists in species-specific decision-making under imperfect knowledge. Second, we review evidence for a link between culture and conservation in birds. We argue that understanding which behaviours birds are likely to learn socially can help refine conservation strategies, improving the trajectories of threatened populations. Last, we present practical steps for how consideration of culture can be integrated into conservation actions including reintroductions, translocations and captive breeding programmes. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Animal culture: conservation in a changing world’.por
dc.identifier.citationAplin, L., Crates, R., Flack, A., & McGregor, P. (2025). Social learning and culture in birds: Emerging patterns and relevance to conservation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 380(1925). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0128
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rstb.2024.0128
dc.identifier.issn0962-8436
dc.identifier.issn1471-2970
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/13519
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherThe Royal Society
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rstb.2024.0128
dc.relation.ispartofPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleSocial learning and culture in birds: Emerging patterns and relevance to conservationpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage12
oaire.citation.issue1925
oaire.citation.startPage1
oaire.citation.titlePhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
oaire.citation.volume380
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person.familyNameMcGregor
person.givenNamePeter
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-6337-5254
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