Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7025, 2005, Pages 513-516

  Couzin, Iain D ^a,b   Krause, Jens ^c   Franks, Nigel R ^d   Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SIGNALLING; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP PROCESSES; LEADERSHIP; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 13444292210     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03236     Document Type: Article

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