When living in a group, individuals have to make trade‐offs, and compromise, in order to
balance the advantages and disadvantages of group life. Strategies that enable individuals …

Besides focusing on the adaptive significance of collective movements, it is crucial to study
the mechanisms and dynamics of decision-making processes at the individual level …

Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

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 group-living species, individuals gain significant advantages from establishing an
extensive network of social relationships. This results in complex organizations that are …

Sociality exists in an extraordinary range of ecological settings. For individuals to accrue the
benefits associated with social interactions, they are required to maintain a degree of spatial …

Social structure can theoretically regulate disease risk by mediating exposure to pathogens
via social proximity and contact. Investigating the role of central individuals within a network …

Primate groups need to remain coordinated in their activities and collectively decide when
and where to travel if they are to accrue the benefits and minimize the costs of sociality. The …

Animals living in groups will profit most from sociality if they coordinate the timing and nature
of their activities. Self-organizing mechanisms can underlie coordination in large animal …

Relationships we have with our friends, family, or colleagues influence our personal
decisions, as well as decisions we make together with others. As in human beings …