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Do small swarms have an advantage when house hunting? The effect of swarm size on nest-site selection by Apis mellifera

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Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one?

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Consensus Decision Making by Fish

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Consensus decision making in human crowds

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