气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Collective decision-making and spatial patterns in orientation of an endemic ungulate on the Tibetan Plateau

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DOI	10.1093/cz/zoad004
	Collective decision-making and spatial patterns in orientation of an endemic ungulate on the Tibetan Plateau
	Yan, Xueting; Wang, Xu; Zhao, Yumeng; Zhu, Qin; Yang, Le; Li, Zhongqiu
发表日期	2023
ISSN	1674-5507
EISSN	2396-9814
英文摘要	Group living animals form striking aggregation patterns and display synchronization, polarization, and collective intelligence. Though many collective behavioral studies have been conducted on small animals like insects and fish, research on large animals is still rare due to the limited availability of field collective data. We used drones to record videos and analyzed the decision-making and behavioral spatial patterns in orientation of Kiang (Tibetan wild ass, Equus kiang). Leadership is unevenly distributed among Kiang, with the minority initiating majority behavior-shift decisions. Decisions of individual to join are driven by imitation between group members, and are largely dependent on the number of members who have already joined. Kiang respond to the behavior and position of neighbors through different strategies. They strongly polarize when moving, therefore adopting a linear alignment. When vigilant, orientation deviation increases as they form a tighter group. They remain scattered while feeding and, in that context, adopt a side-by-side alignment. This study reveals partially-shared decision-making among Kiang, whereby copying neighbors provides the wisdom to thrive in harsh conditions. This study also suggests that animals' spatial patterns in orientation depend largely on their behavioral states in achieving synchronization.
关键词	decision-making imitation spatial position Tibetan wild ass
英文关键词	GROUP MOVEMENTS; BEHAVIOR; HORSES; SYNCHRONIZATION; INFORMATION; EVOLUTION; VIGILANCE; ANIMALS; DRIVEN; SPEED
WOS研究方向	Zoology
WOS记录号	WOS:000949537500001
来源期刊	CURRENT ZOOLOGY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/283843
作者单位	Nanjing University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yan, Xueting,Wang, Xu,Zhao, Yumeng,et al. Collective decision-making and spatial patterns in orientation of an endemic ungulate on the Tibetan Plateau[J],2023.
APA	Yan, Xueting,Wang, Xu,Zhao, Yumeng,Zhu, Qin,Yang, Le,&Li, Zhongqiu.(2023).Collective decision-making and spatial patterns in orientation of an endemic ungulate on the Tibetan Plateau.CURRENT ZOOLOGY.
MLA	Yan, Xueting,et al."Collective decision-making and spatial patterns in orientation of an endemic ungulate on the Tibetan Plateau".CURRENT ZOOLOGY (2023).