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One of the main attributes of a “social group,” as opposed to a mere “aggregation” formed in response to some environmental factor (e.g., Allee, 1958; Etkin, 1964), is that its members show a certain, albeit variable, degree of cohesion, and coordination of activities, as well as instances of cooperation. Voluntary cohesion is evident primarily in interindividual spacing patterns, which will be reviewed later (Chap. 15, B). For the moment, let us consider briefly some of the available evidence for coordination and cooperation among African ungulates, without going too deeply into theoretic aspects.
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Leuthold, W. (1977). Coordination and Cooperation. In: African Ungulates. Zoophysiology and Ecology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81073-2_11
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