Group movement decisions in capuchin monkeys: The utility of an experimental study and a mathematical model to explore the relationship between individual and collective behaviours

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1511-1527

  Meunier, H ^a,b   Leca, J B ^a   Deneubourg, J L ^b   Petit, O ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal society; Collective decision making; Group movement; Mathematical modeling; Primates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846301732     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906779366982     Document Type: Article

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