Flocking propensity by satellites, but not core members of mixed-species flocks, increases when individuals experience energetic deficits in a poor-quality foraging habitat

• Katherine E. Gentry ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gentry.ke@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0006-7403

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• Daniel P. Roche ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel P. Roche, Stephen G. Mugel, Nolan D. Lancaster

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Stephen G. Mugel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel P. Roche, Stephen G. Mugel, Nolan D. Lancaster

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Nolan D. Lancaster ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel P. Roche, Stephen G. Mugel, Nolan D. Lancaster

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Conservation Volunteers Australia, Morningside, Queensland, Australia

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Kathryn E. Sieving ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Todd M. Freeberg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Jeffrey R. Lucas

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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