Journal
BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
Volume 84, Issue 3, Pages 657-661Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.02.024
Keywords
Collective movement; Decision-making; Sheep
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- French Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-07-BLAN-0208-401 01, 4423]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-07-BLAN-0208] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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The environment of animals is often heterogeneous, containing zones that may be dedicated specifically to resting, drinking or feeding. These functional zones may spread over a more or a less extensive area. Thus, mobile animals may have to move from one patch to another when resources are locally depleted or when they need to change activity. The mechanisms involved in collective movement appear simple at first glance, but a brief reflection shows the real difficulty of the problem in terms of the numerous environmental, physical, physiological and social parameters involved. This review is mainly concerned with collective movements, which are characterised by a directional and temporal coordination, where individuals mutually influence each other, meaning this coordination mainly depends on social interactions (Huth and Wissel, 1992; Warburton and Lazarus, 1991; Couzin and Krause, 2003; Couzin et al., 2002). In literature, two types of movement are discussed: large-scale movement and small-scale movement. First, we define these types of movement and then discuss the behavioural mechanisms involved. Secondly, we show that short and long movement but also moving and stopping may result from the outcome of parameters modulation underpinning collective decision-making. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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