Leading from the front? Social networks in navigating groups

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 835-843

  Bode, Nikolai W F ^a,b   Franks, Daniel W ^b   Wood, A Jamie ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective motion; Decision making; Group cohesion; Group navigation; Leadership; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861231976     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1331-6     Document Type: Article

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