Active matter, which ranges from molecular motors to groups of animals, exists at different
length scales and timescales, and various computational models have been proposed to …

From an evolutionary perspective, followership is puzzling because it is not clear why
individuals would relinquish their autonomy and set aside their personal goals to follow …

Conflicts of interest about where to go and what to do are a primary challenge of group
living. However, it remains unclear how consensus is achieved in stable groups with …

We review the observations and the basic laws describing the essential aspects of collective
motion—being one of the most common and spectacular manifestation of coordinated …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Observation of leadership in small-scale societies offers unique insights into the evolution of
human collective action and the origins of sociopolitical complexity. Using behavioural data …

Women remain universally underrepresented in the top leadership positions. A comparative
evolutionary framework may offer new insights into the value of and potential barriers to …

How groups of individuals achieve coordination and collective action is an important topic in
the natural sciences, but until recently the role of leadership in this process has been largely …

Collective behaviour, social interactions and leadership in animal groups are often driven by
individual differences. However, most studies focus on same-species groups, in which …

The value of age is well recognized in human societies, where older individuals often
emerge as leaders in tasks requiring specialized knowledge, but what part do such …