A model comparison reveals dynamic social information drives the movements of humbug damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus)

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 90, 2014, Pages

  Mann, R P ^a   Herbert Read, J E ^a,b,c   Ma, Q ^a   Jordan, L A ^d   Sumpter, D J T ^a   Ward, A J W ^c  

^a Mathematics Department   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian model selection; Collective behaviour; Collective decision making; Social information

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN MODEL SELECTION; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING; DYNAMIC INFORMATION; INFORMATION USAGE; LOCALIZED DYNAMICS; MODEL COMPARISON; SOCIAL INFORMATION;

DIGITAL STORAGE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION USE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BACKCROSSING; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DASCYLLUS ARUANUS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEADERSHIP; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BAYESIAN MODEL SELECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INFORMATION;

BAYESIAN MODEL SELECTION; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING; SOCIAL INFORMATION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84889664315     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0794     Document Type: Article

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