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Author Kerth, G. doi  isbn
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  Title Group decision-making in animal societies Type Book Chapter
  Year 2010 Publication Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 241-265  
  Keywords Life Sciences  
  Abstract Individuals need to coordinate their activities to benefit from group living. Thus group decisions are essential for societies, especially if group members cooperate with each other. Models show that shared (democratic) decisions outperform unshared (despotic) decisions, even if individuals disagree about actions. This is surprising as in most other contexts, differences in individual preferences lead to sex-, age-, or kin-specific behaviour. Empirical studies testing the predictions of the theoretical models have only recently begun to emerge. This applies particularly to group decisions in fission-fusion societies, where individuals can avoid decisions that are not in their interest. After outlining the basic ideas and theoretical models on group decision-making I focus on the available empirical studies. Originally most of the relevant studies have been on social insects and fish but recently an increasing number of studies on mammals and birds have been published, including some that deal with wild long-lived animals living in complex societies. This includes societies where group members have different interests, as in most mammals, and which have been less studied compared to eusocial insects that normally have no conflict among their colony members about what to do. I investigate whether the same decision rules apply in societies with conflict and without conflict, and outline open questions that remain to be studied. The chapter concludes with a synthesis on what is known about group decision-making in animals and an outlook on what I think should be done to answer the open questions.  
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  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor (down) Kappeler, P.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-3-642-02624-9 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5381  
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Author Rubenstein, D. I. isbn  openurl
  Title The ecology of female social behaviour in horses, zebras and asses Type Book Chapter
  Year 1994 Publication Animal Societies Abbreviated Journal Animal Societies  
  Volume Issue Pages 13-28  
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  Publisher Kyoto University Press Place of Publication Editor (down) Jarman, P.J.;, Rositter, A.  
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  ISSN ISBN 4-87698-014-4 Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 1528  
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Author Allen, C. url  isbn
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  Title Transitive inference in animals: Reasoning or conditioned associations? Type Book Chapter
  Year 2006 Publication Rational Animals? Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 175-186  
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  Abstract It is widely accepted that many species of nonhuman animals appear to engage in transitive inference,

producing appropriate responses to novel pairings of non-adjacent members of an ordered series

without previous experience of these pairings. Some researchers have taken this capability as

providing direct evidence that these animals reason. Others resist such declarations, favouring instead

explanations in terms of associative conditioning. Associative accounts of transitive inference have

been refined in application to a simple 5-element learning task that is the main paradigm for

laboratory investigations of the phenomenon, but it remains unclear how well those accounts

generalise to more information-rich environments such as social hierarchies which may contain scores

of individuals, and where rapid learning is important. The case of transitive inference is an example of

a more general dispute between proponents of associative accounts and advocates of more cognitive

accounts of animal behaviour. Examination of the specific details of transitive inference suggests

some lessons for the wider debate.
 
  Address Texas A&M University  
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  Publisher Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Editor (down) Hurley, S.; Nudds, M.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-0-19-852827-2 Medium  
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  Call Number refbase @ user @ Serial 611  
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Author Á. Miklósi doi  openurl
  Title The Evolution of Cognition Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Animal Cognition Abbreviated Journal Anim. Cogn.  
  Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 179-180  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Editor (down) Heyes, C.; Huber, L.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3247  
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Author Laland, K. N.; Richerson, P. J.; Boyd, R. openurl 
  Title Developing a theory of animal social learning. Type Book Chapter
  Year 1996 Publication Social learning in animals: the roots of culture. Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 129-154  
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  Publisher Academic Press Place of Publication San Diego, California Editor (down) Heyes, C. M.;Galef,B. G. J.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ home Serial 4093  
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Author Tomasello, M. openurl 
  Title Do apes ape? Type Book Chapter
  Year 1996 Publication Social learning in animals: the roots of culture Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 319-346  
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  Publisher Academic Press Place of Publication London Editor (down) Heyes, C. M.; Galef, B.G.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5600  
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Author Lefebvre, L.; Giraldeau, L.-A. isbn  openurl
  Title Is social learning an adaptive specialisation? Type Book Chapter
  Year 1996 Publication Social learning in animals: The root of culture Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 107-128  
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  Publisher Academic Press. Place of Publication San Diego Editor (down) Heyes, C. M. ;B. G. Galef B. G..Jr.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-0122739651 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4415  
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Author Fragaszy, D.; Visalberghi, E. isbn  openurl
  Title Primates “primacy” reconsidered Type Book Chapter
  Year 1996 Publication Social learning in animals: the roots of culture Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 65-84  
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  Publisher Academic Press, Inc. Place of Publication Editor (down) Heyes, C. ; Galef, B.G.  
  Language Summary Language Original Title Social learning in animals: the roots of culture  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ home Serial 2175  
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Author Connor, R. C.; Smokler, R. A.; Richards, A. F. openurl 
  Title Dolphin alliances and coalitions Type Book Chapter
  Year 1992 Publication Coalitions and Alliances in Humans and Other Animals Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 415-443  
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  Publisher Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Editor (down) Harcourt, A.H.;de Waal, F.B.M.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5238  
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Author Noë, R. openurl 
  Title Alliance formation among male hamadryas baboons: shopping for profitable partners Type Book Chapter
  Year 1992 Publication Coalitions and alliances in humans and other animals Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 284-321  
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  Publisher Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Editor (down) Harcourt, A.H.; deWaal, F.B.M.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5405  
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