Self-Organization in Primates: Understanding the Rules Underlying Collective Movements

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1413-1432

  Sueur, Cédric ^a,b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancellation; Cohesion; Collective decision; Consensus; Initiation; Leadership; Mimetism; Quorum; Rule of thumb

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DECISION MAKING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMATE; SELF ORGANIZATION; SYNCHRONY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 82555192565     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9520-0     Document Type: Article

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