https://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/2012/10/02/cooperation-in-animal-groups/ An information-sharing forum for the NCEAS community. Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.5 https://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/2012/10/02/cooperation-in-animal-groups/#comment-13 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:57:50 +0000 http://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/?p=14027#comment-13 *Stephanie – those rotifers do look beautiful! Having a cute study animal seems to be beneficial, and not just to morale as this Plos One study shows! 

]]> https://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/2012/10/02/cooperation-in-animal-groups/#comment-12 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:25:45 +0000 http://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/?p=14027#comment-12 Wow, love the review you linked here, Dieter – when I was studying this topic, the reviews were never so inclusive across taxa!

]]> https://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/2012/10/02/cooperation-in-animal-groups/#comment-11 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:07:47 +0000 http://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/?p=14027#comment-11 Thanks, Dieter! I almost did my PhD on coloniality and group size (in a very beautiful rotifer). After doing so much research on group living when I wrote that proposal, I now see a lot of social and political issues through that scientific lens as well!

]]> https://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/2012/10/02/cooperation-in-animal-groups/#comment-10 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:59:42 +0000 http://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/?p=14027#comment-10 Thanks, Dieter, for posting the links to your papers on this fascinating topic! I look forward to discussing more of your ideas about the generalizability of this research to emergence of cooperation in human animals (e.g., scientists) when we meet next week.

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