Importance of old bulls: leaders and followers in collective movements of all-male groups in African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana)
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70682-y
Abstract: In long-lived social species, older individuals can provide fitness benefits to their groupmates through the imparting of ecological knowledge. Research in this area has largely focused on females in matrilineal societies where, for example, older… read more here.
Keywords: african savannah; collective movements; elephants loxodonta; savannah elephants ... See more keywords
Collective movements of pedestrians: How we can learn from simple experiments with non-human (ant) crowds
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182913
Abstract: Introduction Understanding collective behavior of moving organisms and how interactions between individuals govern their collective motion has triggered a growing number of studies. Similarities have been observed between the scale-free behavioral aspects of various systems… read more here.
Keywords: motion; non human; collective movements; crowds ... See more keywords