Differences in nutrient requirements imply a non-linear emergence of leaders in animal groups

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Sueur, Cédric ^a,b,c   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a   Petit, Odile ^a   Couzin, Iain D ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ANIMAL GROUPS; COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING; CONSPECIFICS; GAIN INSIGHT; GROUP MEMBERS; NON LINEAR; NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT; POLITICAL SCIENCE; POWER; TIME VARYING;

NUTRIENTS;

PROTEIN; WATER;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; FEMALE; LEADERSHIP; MACACA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROBABILITY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACACA MULATTA; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; LEADERSHIP; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78049438265     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000917     Document Type: Article

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