On the Move: How and Why Animals Travel in Groups - Softcover

 
9780226063409: On the Move: How and Why Animals Travel in Groups
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226063402 ISBN 13: 9780226063409
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Getting from here to there may be simple for one individual. But as any parent, scout leader, or CEO knows, herding a whole troop in one direction is a lot more complicated. Who leads the group? Who decides where the group will travel, and using what information? How do they accomplish these tasks?

On the Move addresses these questions, examining the social, cognitive, and ecological processes that underlie patterns and strategies of group travel. Chapters discuss how factors such as group size, resource distribution and availability, the costs of travel, predation, social cohesion, and cognitive skills affect how individuals as well as social groups exploit their environment. Most chapters focus on field studies of a wide range of human and nonhuman primate groups, from squirrel monkeys to Turkana pastoralists, but chapters covering group travel in hyenas, birds, dolphins, and bees provide a broad taxonomic perspective and offer new insights into comparative questions, such as whether primates are unique in their ability to coordinate group-level activities.

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Verlag
University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0226063402
ISBN 13 
9780226063409
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
811
Herausgeber
Boinski Sue, Garber Paul Alan
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