articleScienceJun 18, 2015GREEN OA

Shared decision-making drives collective movement in wild baboons

ASAriana Strandburg‐PeshkinDRDamien R. FarineIDIain D. CouzinMCMargaret C. Crofoot

Princeton University · Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

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 stratified social relationships. Tracking wild baboons with a high-resolution global positioning system and analyzing their movements relative to one another reveals that a process of shared decision-making governs baboon movement. Rather than preferentially following dominant individuals, baboons are more likely to follow when multiple initiators agree. When conflicts arise over the direction of movement, baboons choose one direction over the other when the angle between them is large, but they compromise if it is not. These results are…

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  • Baboon
  • Dominance (genetics)
  • Democracy
  • Trait
  • Movement (music)
  • Dominance hierarchy
  • Group decision-making
  • Social psychology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Peace, Justice and strong institutions
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