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Peaceful behaviour by an obligate inquiline termite species

Hugo, H., Cristaldo, P.F., DeSouza, O. (2020) Nonaggressive behavior: a strategy employed by an obligate nest invader to avoid conflict with its host species. Ecology & Evolution; 10; 8741-8754

Queenless honey bees build infrastructure for direct reproduction until their new queen proves her worth

Smith, M.L. (2018). Queenless honey bees build infrastructure for direct reproduction until their new queen proves her worth. Evolution. DOI:10.1111/evo.13628.

Internal group structure and decision-making

Kao, A.B. and Couzin, I.D. (2019) Modular structure within groups causes information loss but can improve decision accuracy, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374, 20180378.

Synchronization: The Key to Effective Communication in Animal Collectives

Couzin, I.D. (2018) Synchronization: The Key to Effective Communication in Animal Collectives, Trends in Cognitive Sciences 22(10), 844-846.

Individual variation in local interaction rules can explain emergent patterns of spatial organisation in wild baboons

Farine, D.R., Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Couzin, I.D., Berger-Wolf, T.Y. and Crofoot, M.C. (2017) Individual variation in local interaction rules can explain emergent patterns of spatial organisation in wild baboons, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 284, 20162243.
 

Habitat and social factors shape individual decisions and emergent group structure during baboon collective movement

Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Farine, D.R., Crofoot, M. C. & Couzin, I.D. (2017) Habitat and social factors shape individual decisions and emergent group structure during baboon collective movement, eLife 6:e19505. OPEN ACCESS

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School-level structural and dynamic adjustments to perceived risk promote efficient information transfer and collective evasion in herring

Rieucau, G., Holmin, A.J., Castillo, J.C., Couzin, I.D. & Handegard, N-O. (2016) School-level structural and dynamic adjustments to perceived risk promote efficient information transfer and collective evasion in herring, Animal Behaviour 117, 69-78

The evolution of distributed sensing and collective computation in animal populations

Hein, A. M., Rosenthal, S.B., Hagstron, G.I., Berdahl, A., Torney, C.J. & Couzin, I.D. (2015) The evolution of distributed sensing and collective computation in animal populations, eLife e10955.

Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost-benefit tradeoff

Reid, C.R., Lutz, M.J., Powell, S., Couzin, I.D. & Garnier, S. (2015) Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost-benefit tradeoff, PNAS 112(49), 15113-1511.ArmyAntBridge

The role of heterogeneous preference and local nonlinearity in consensus decision-making

Hartnett, A.T., Schertzer, E., Levin, S.A. & Couzin, I.D. (2016) Heterogeneous preference and local nonlinearity in consensus decision-making, Physical Review Letters 116, 038701.

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