Book ReviewOn the Move. How and Why Animals Travel in Groups

By John G. Robinson. 2000

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Happy to help? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of performing acts of kindness on the well-being of the actor (2018, unknown): “Such ‘ mutualisms ’ – for the purpose of collective defence, or collaborative hunting – are widespread in nature (Bissonnette et al., 2015; Boinski & Garber, 2000; Boos, Kolbe, Kappeler, & Ellwart, 2011; Harcourt & Waal, 1992), and are an ancient and recurrent feature of human social life (Alvard,…”
Choosing a home: how the scouts in a honey bee swarm perceive the completion of their group decision making (2003, background): “…al. 1990; Seeley 1995; Biesmeijer and Ermers 1999; Detrain et al. 1999), when and where to move (Kummer 1971; Franks and Fletcher 1983; Prins 1996; Boinski and Garber 2000), which route to take to a given destination (Goss et al. 1989; Strickland et al. 1992), when and how to build a communal…”
Where Next? Group Coordination and Collective Decision Making by Primates (2011, background): “Yet groups numbering but a few to several hundred individuals coordinate their activities in a variety of environments on a daily basis (Boinski and Garber 2000; Fichtel et al. 2011a; Table I).”
Spacing and group coordination in a nocturnal primate, the golden brown mouse lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis): the role of olfactory and acoustic signals (2005, background): “So far, group coordination calls have only been shown for a number of diurnal permanently group-living primates (e.g. Boinski and Garber 2000) but not for nocturnal primates.”
Camera-trapping forest–woodland wildlife of western Uganda reveals how gregariousness biases estimates of relative abundance and distribution (2010, background): “For a single source with descriptions of how diverse animals move in groups (see Boinski and Garber, 2000).”
Putting the altruism back into altruism: the evolution of empathy. (2008, background): “Being in sync is often a matter of life or death (Boinski & Garber 2000).”
Group movement decisions in capuchin monkeys: The utility of an experimental study and a mathematical model to explore the relationship between individual and collective behaviours (2007, background): “Classically, collective movements in primate groups are described as processes dependent on leadership mechanisms where a single individual initiates a group movement and is followed by other individuals (Boinski & Garber, 2000).”