Although husbandry conditions for horses have improved over the last decades, many
horses are still kept singly with limited or no physical contact to other horses. This is …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

In recent decades, the integration of horses (Equus ferus) in European rewilding initiatives
has gained widespread popularity due to their potential for regulating vegetation and …

A new edition of a highly respected textbook and reference in the rapidly emerging field of
equitation science. Equitation Science, 2nd Edition incorporates learning theory into ethical …

Members of social groups need to coordinate their behaviour when choosing between
alternative activities. Consensus decisions enable group members to maintain group …

Herds of ungulates, flocks of birds, swarms of insects and schools of fish move in
coordinated groups. Computer models show that only one or very few animals are needed …

In group-living animals, collective movements are a widespread phenomenon and occur
through consensus decision. When one animal proposes a direction for group movement …

Understanding how groups of individuals with different motives come to daily decisions
about the exploitation of their environment is a key question in animal behaviour. While …

Highlights•We studied leadership during collective movements in European
bison.•Leadership is distributed but adult females have a greater influence.•The success of …

Because collective movements have fitness consequences for all participants, group travel
can impose conflicts of interest when group-mates vary. Challenges associated with …