Studies of collective decision making attempt to explain the simultaneous behaviors of many
individuals and how these contribute to the behavior observed at a collective level …

Primate groups need to remain coordinated in their activities and collectively decide when
and where to travel if they are to accrue the benefits and minimize the costs of sociality. The …

This chapter integrates the six chapters in Part I of this book. They offer different treatments
of the theoretical aspects of small group coordination, thereby providing a framework for how …

Research on coordination and decision-making in humans and nonhuman primates has
increased considerably throughout the last decade. However, terminology has been used …

Many animals are organised into social groups. Because individuals have different
preferences and diverging needs, conflicts of interests exist; these conflicts are particularly …

Groups formed by individuals from different species (mixed-species groups) are a
widespread phenomenon amongst primates. Although the formation and maintenance of …

The success of group foraging in primates is not only determined by ecological and social
factors. It is also influenced by cognition. Group foraging success is constrained, for …

Patterns of collective movements, such as the distribution of leadership and the organization
of individuals, may be either homogeneously (no leader, no specific order), or …

This chapter outlines why non-human primates provide some of the best comparative
models for students of coordination in small human groups. It then summarises what and …

Any social unit cannot exist and persist without some form of collective decision making.
Collective decisions result from an evaluation of possible options, during which a group …