Conservation planning of critical habitats for wildlife species at risk is a priority topic that
requires the knowledge of how animals select and use their habitat, and how they respond …

Social animals have to make a multitude of group decisions on a daily basis. At the most
basic level, this will involve coordination of activities and travel directions. In groups of …

Disease models have provided conflicting evidence as to whether spatial heterogeneity
promotes or impedes pathogen persistence. Moreover, there has been limited theoretical …

Decisions taken during migration can have a large effect on the fitness of birds. Migration
must be accurately timed with food availability to allow efficient fueling but is also …

Leadership is arguably one of the most important themes in the social sciences, yet until
recently has been largely overlooked in the natural sciences (Dyer et al., 2009; King et al …

In this paper we present a new approach to modelling group coordination, based on dyadic
synchronisation in a non-panmictic, structured network (a problem that applies widely to all …

Under the threat of predation, animals often group tightly together, with all group members
benefiting from a reduction in predation risk through various mechanisms, including the …

Background Foraging in groups offers animals a number of advantages, such as increasing
their likelihood of finding food or detecting and avoiding predators. In order for a group to …

Trophic interactions between prey and predator species are an ubiquitous force in nature
and it is reckoned to be one of the most important factors that can shape species …

Foraging by animals is hypothesized to be state-dependent, that is, varying with
physiological condition of individuals. State often is defined by energy reserves, but state …