When Stressed Birds Fly the Nest (University of St Andrews)

(Source: University of St Andrews) When Stressed Birds Fly the Nest Wednesday 29 October 2014 Stress in young birds makes them leave home early and occupy more central social network positions later in life, according to the latest research published today (Wednesday October 29, 2014) by scientists at the Universities of St Andrews and Oxford. The researchers found that zebra finches that were stressed as nestlings later became less choosy with whom they visited bird feeders. These developmentally-stressed birds had more foraging associates, resulting in more central network positions. The paper, published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters by Dr Neeltje Boogert (University of...