Overall dynamic body acceleration as an indicator of dominance in homing pigeons
R. Ricketts, D. W. Sankey, B. Tidswell, J. Brown, J. Deegan, S. Portugal
The paper uses accelerometry to measure energy expenditure in homing pigeons and finds that dominant birds have higher movement but no linear correlation between rank and energy expenditure.
bioRxiv · Apr 15, 2020Animal Behavior & Cognition