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Group Foraging

Group Foraging is a behavioral ecology construct that refers to the coordinated search for and exploitation of food resources by multiple individuals within a social group, distinguished from solitary foraging by its reliance on social interactions, information sharing, and collective decision-making to enhance foraging efficiency and reduce predation risks.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAIN ASSEMBLAGES OF BIRDS AS “INFORMATION‐CENTRES” FOR FOOD‐FINDING

Peter D. Ward, Amotz Zahavi · Ibis · 1973 · 1.1K citations

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Why Lions Form Groups: Food is Not Enough

Craig Packer, David Scheel, Anne E. Pusey · The American Naturalist · 1990 · 645 citations

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The evolutionary advantages of group foraging

Colin Clark, Marc Mangel · Theoretical Population Biology · 1986 · 637 citations

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Food Sharing Among Ache Foragers: Tests of Explanatory Hypotheses [and Comments and Reply]

Hillard Kaplan, Kim Hill, Rowe V. Cadeliña et al. · Current Anthropology · 1985 · 536 citations

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The Evolution of Cooperative Hunting

Craig Packer, Lore M. Ruttan · The American Naturalist · 1988 · 526 citations

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    Luc‐Alain Giraldeau

    Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Guy Beauchamp

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    12 publications · 661 citations

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    Louis Lefebvre

    McGill University, Canada

    9 publications · 603 citations

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    Esa Ranta

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    9 publications · 343 citations

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    Guy Cowlishaw

    Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 699 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    22 publications

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  2. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    17 publications

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  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. Zoological Society of London

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    34 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    641 citations

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  1. Animal Behaviour

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  2. Behavioral Ecology

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  3. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

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