Animals living in groups make movement decisions that depend, among other factors, on
social interactions with other group members. Our present understanding of social rules in …

An appropriate social environment for species held in captivity is key for ensuring both good
welfare and reproductive performance. Species with a complex social structure may suffer if …

We investigated the influence of social interactions on individual foraging behavior and
community structure of frugivorous birds in southern Costa Rica. Detailed observations of …

Group-living animals have to make trade-offs to reach consensus and travel together. We
investigated the recruitment processes underpinning decision-making at departure in a …

We investigated whether social foraging tactic use (producing and scrounging) in birds is
affected by the dominance rank of individuals as predicted by a phenotype limited producer …

I used a simulation model to study how individual responses to predation risk and vigilance
strategies may lead to departure in a foraging bird flock. The model incorporates risk dilution …

Understanding the functional links between social structure and population processes is a
central aim of evolutionary ecology. Multiple types of interactions can be represented by …

Playback can help identify keystone species in communities that interact behaviourally.
Specifically, playback has been used to identify leader species in mixed-species flocks …

It has long been suggested that competing groups of social animals assess one another on
the basis of communal vocalisations, but so far this has only been demonstrated in …

During consensus decision making, individuals in groups balance personal information
(based on their own past experiences) with social information (based on the behavior of …