Reposted by Anna Sigalou
Why do some groups adopt a collective 'many-eyes' approach to vigilance, while in others sentinels keep watch for all? Our paper, led by @charliepilgrim.bsky.social, shows the shape of the cost function determines the optimal strategy.
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Many-eyes and sentinels in selfish and cooperative groups | PNAS
Collective vigilance describes how animals in groups benefit from the predator detection
efforts of others. Empirical observations typically find e...
