Group decision-making in fission-fusion societies

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 662-663

  Kerth, Gerald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bat; Fission fusion; Group decisions; Sociality

Indexed keywords

BAT; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BABOON; BAT; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; HONEYBEE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; GROUP PROCESSES; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PAPIO; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77953917450     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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