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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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Female sand gobies gain direct benefits by choosing males with eggs in their nests
TL;DR: Female preference for males with eggs in their nests is adaptive, and can be explained by direct benefits, as more surviving offspring are produced.
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Parasites and the Evolution of Host Social Behavior
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Epigenetic rules and Darwinian algorithms: The adaptive study of learning and development
TL;DR: It is argued that the principal environment of natural selection leading to the modern human psyche was social, and that on this account the environment of human behavior has not changed as much since the Pleistocene as is often assumed.
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Spatial structure in foraging groups of wedge-capped capuchin monkeys Cebus nigrivittatus
TL;DR: This study examines how an individual's position in space, as characterized by its position relative to other animals and by its proximity to neighbours, influences its capture success when foraging for invertebrates, access to fruiting trees, and time spent in vigilance.
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Schools of fish and flocks of birds: their shape and internal structure by self-organization
TL;DR: Models of self-organization have proved useful in revealing what processes may underlie characteristics of swarms and when group size becomes larger, temporary subgroups may increase the complexity of group shape and internal structure.
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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.