Social facilitation in animals

[18] For example, in paper wasp species, Agelaia pallipes, social facilitation is used to recruitment to food resources.

By using chemical communication, A. pallipes pool the independent search efforts to locate and defend food sources from other organisms.

Although some fresh carcasses are located directly by searching birds, the majority of individuals find food by following other vultures, i.e. social facilitation.

[6] Moller used a play-back technique to investigate the effects of singing by the black wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) on the behaviour of both conspecifics and heterospecifics.

It was found that singing increased in both groups in response to the wheateater and Moller suggested the conspicuous dawn (and dusk) chorus of bird song may be augmented by social facilitation due to the singing of conspecifics as well as heterospecifics.