About the Authors

Elske van der Vaart

e.e.van.der.vaart@rug.nl

Affiliations Institute of Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organisation, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Rineke Verbrugge

Affiliation Institute of Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Charlotte K. Hemelrijk

Affiliation Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organisation, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: EVDV. Analyzed the data: EVDV. Wrote the paper: EVDV RV CKH. Conceived and designed the model: EVDV RV CKH. Built the model: EVDV. Performed the simulation experiments: EVDV.