TY - JOUR
AU - Pruitt, Jonathan N.
AB - Lay SummaryDespite the high impact of keystone individuals, such as leaders, on group behavior, their identity appears to be immaterial. By repeatedly replacing the keystone individual in groups of social spiders, we show that it is sufficient to have a keystone individual to improve group performance when attacking prey but the keystone individual does not necessarily have to be a specific or familiar individual to serve its role.
TI - Replacing bold individuals has a smaller impact on group performance than replacing shy individuals
JO - Behavioral Ecology
DO - 10.1093/beheco/arx054
DA - 2017-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/replacing-bold-individuals-has-a-smaller-impact-on-group-performance-emR7HwrtPy
SP - 883
EP - 889
VL - 28
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -