Group decision-making in animals

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6919, 2003, Pages 155-158

  Conradt, L ^a   Roper, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

DESPOTISM;

DECISION MAKING;

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; HERD; INFORMATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; GROUP PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037426833     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01294     Document Type: Article

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