Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions
| Autor: | Grace H. Davis, Margaret C. Crofoot, Damien R. Farine |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Ecology
Behavior Animal Evolution Decision Making Feeding Behavior Biological Evolution 10127 Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies collective behavior decision-making group living sociality marginal value theorem Behavior and Systematics ddc:570 570 Life sciences biology 590 Animals (Zoology) Animals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Trends in ecologyevolution. 37(11) |
| ISSN: | 1872-8383 |
| Popis: | Studying animal behavior as collective phenomena is a powerful tool for understanding social processes, including group coordination and decision-making. However, linking individual behavior during group decision-making to the preferences underlying those actions poses a considerable challenge. Optimal foraging theory, and specifically the marginal value theorem (MVT), can provide predictions about individual preferences, against which the behavior of groups can be compared under different models of influence. A major strength of formally linking optimal foraging theory to collective behavior is that it generates predictions that can easily be tested under field conditions. This opens the door to studying group decision-making in a range of species; a necessary step for revealing the ecological drivers and evolutionary consequences of collective decision-making. published |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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