Social learning is triggered by environmental cues in immigrant birds

by Rachel A. Harrison

After dispersal, what cues trigger social learning in immigrants? A new study in wild-caught great tits in PLOS Biology suggests that changes in the physical environment, rather than the social environment, are key in prompting social learning by immigrants. After dispersal, what cues trigger social learning in immigrants? This Primer explores a new PLOS Biology study in wild-caught great tits which suggests that changes in the physical environment, rather than the social environment, are key in prompting social learning by immigrants.