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aggressive behaviour

  • red deer stags (Cervus elaphus)
    In aggressive behaviour: Group versus individual selection

    …resolved conventionally, by displays and threats, rather than by out-and-out fighting. For example, why does a stag, instead of using its antlers in an all-out bid for victory, withdraw from a fight after an exchange of roars, thus leaving its rival in possession of a group of fertile females?

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collective behaviour

  • Haiti earthquake of 2010: search and rescue
    In collective behaviour: Rumour-creating situations

    Second, rumour spreads when events threaten the understandings upon which normal life is based. A major disaster or scandal presents such a challenge. Any change in the regular accommodations between potentially conflicting or competing groups in society similarly calls into question routine patterns of conduct. The suggestion that management may…

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