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Geometry for the selfish herd.
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An antithesis to the view that gregarious behaviour is evolved through benefits to the population or species is presented, and simply defined models are used to show that even in non-gregarious species selection is likely to favour individuals who stay close to others.About:
This article is published in Journal of Theoretical Biology.The article was published on 1971-05-01. It has received 3343 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Selfish herd theory & Population.read more
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Effects of anisotropic interactions on the structure of animal groups
TL;DR: In this paper, an agent-based model was proposed to reproduce different structures of animal groups, and the shape and structure of the group is the effect of simple interaction rules among individuals: each animal deploys itself depending on the position of a limited number of close group mates.
Duality Of Stochasticity And Natural Selection Shape The Ecology-driven Pattern Of Social Interactions: The Fall Of Hamilton's Rule
TL;DR: From microbes to mammals, cooperation is selected-for in harsh, uncertain and unpredictable environments, and the evolution of cooperation is a bet-hedging (risk spreading) strategy of risk-averse individuals in stochastic environments.
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Zooplankton swarms: characteristics, proximal cues and proposed advantages
TL;DR: This review focuses on monospecific swarms of four taxonomic groups of small crustaceans: three groups are marine copepods: oithonids (Oithona and Dioithona), Acartia species and Calanus species; and the fourth group includes freshwater cladoceran species in the Order Anomopoda.
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Vigilance and its complex synchrony in the red-necked pademelon, Thylogale thetis
TL;DR: Some vigilance benefits may be obtained from the presence of conspecifics even in species that aggregate only temporarily on food patches without forming more permanent social groups, as in red-necked pademelons foraging at night in nonpersistent aggregations in a clearing in rain forest.
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When There isn't a Right Answer: Interpretation and reasoning, key skills for twenty‐first century geoscience
TL;DR: In this paper, a seismic interpretation exercise was undertaken by 36 geoscientists ranging in experience from novice to expert, and observations were made of the approaches taken by the participants, what we term the interpretational process, and an evaluation was made of what they actually accomplished.
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Animal dispersion in relation to social behaviour
TL;DR: Wynne-Edwards has written this interesting and important book as a sequel to his earlier (1962) Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behaviour, and reviewing it has proven to be a valuable task for one who normally is only at the periphery of the group selection controversy.