Many wrongs: the advantage of group navigation.

By A. Simons. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Sociable schedules: interplay between avian seasonal and social behaviour (2006, background): “Whereas timing has been studied with an emphasis on mechanisms, research on spatial behaviour has focused on ecological and social contexts (e.g. Reed et al. 1999; Giraldeau et al. 2002; Doligez et al. 2003; Simons 2004).”
A framework for the study of genetic variation in migratory behaviour (2006, positive): “They result from tracking the behaviour of family or flock members, or from other forms of information exchange (e.g. Danchin et al. 2004; Simons 2004; Couzin et al. 2005).”
Collective cognition in animal groups. (2009, background): “This can enable individuals to avoid the time costs associated with temporal integration and has sometimes been referred to as ‘the many-wrongs hypothesis’ [ 29 ] or ‘the wisdom of the crowd’ [30].”
The development of collective personality: the ontogenetic drivers of behavioral variation across groups (2014, background): “04655 Wray, M. K., Mattila, H. R., and Seeley, T. D. (2011). Collective personalities in honeybee colonies are linked to colony fitness.”
Swarm intelligence in humans: diversity can trump ability (2011, methodology): “Averaging has been suggested as a simple processing rule of individual inputs (Simons 2004; Couzin 2009) and there is some evidence from navigation behaviour in human groups (N 1⁄4 10 individuals) that individual interactions result in some form of averaging process (Faria et al.”
A collective navigation hypothesis for homeward migration in anadromous salmonids (2016, background): “It is thought that this principle applies to animals during their migrations when they are faced with difficult orientation tasks (Larkin and Walton 1969; Simons 2004; Codling et al. 2007).”
Emergence of group rationality from irrational individuals (2011, background): “…of research has noted the error-reducing potential of collective choice, the focus has been on random errors that can be cancelled out by a straightforward process of summation (Grunbaum 1998; Conradt and Roper 2003; Franks, Dornhaus, et al. 2003; Simons 2004; Surowiecki 2004; Ward et al. 2008).”
Flock flying improves pigeons' homing: GPS track analysis of individual flyers versus small groups (2008, background): “Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the potential navigational advantages for animals moving in groups (Simons 2004; Conradt & Roper 2005; Couzin et al. 2005; Hancock et al. 2006; Codling et al. 2007).”
All together now: behavioural synchrony in baboons. (2009, background): “However, self-organizing processes work best where individuals share the same goal, for example eusocial insects choosing a new nest site (Lindauer 1957; Visscher 2007) or navigating birds migrating to a specific location (Guilford & Chappell 1996; Simons 2004).”
Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move (2005, background): “This ability of a group to average preferences when differences are relatively smal”
Ontogeny of behaviour in larvae of marine demersal fishes (2010, positive): “There are reasons to expect that larvae in groups or schools may have better orientation than individual larvae (Larkin and Walton 1969; Simons 2004).”