Fig. 3: Subordinate birds show higher α-value in the dynamic of locomotion in comparison to dominant birds 48 h after being placed in the novel social environment.

The α-value estimated for locomotion time series of each bird in the social groups as a function of a the time spent performing aggressive pecks towards conspecifics and b the time receiving pecks from conspecifics during the 1-h period. It can be observed that dominant females (red circles) and the dominant male (red triangle) performed more than 6.5 s of pecks (a), received either 0 or <2 s of pecking (b), and showed α-values that range from 0.77 to 0.87. Subordinate female (blue circles) and males (blue triangles) quail performed either no pecks or ≤0.6 s (a), received pecks during more than 6.5 s (e) and never showed α-values lower than 0.93. Dark gray circles and triangles represent females and males that are in neutral groups were none of the members neither perform (a) nor receive more than 6.5 s of pecking (b). Open circles and open triangles represent males and females, respectively, that do not classify in any of these groups. The α-values were estimated using DFA3 (see Materials and Methods). Raw values are shown in Supplementary Tables 1 and 2. See Supplementary Fig. 1 for results from day 1.