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Collective intelligence (CI) helps group-dwelling species solve problems. This study categorizes strategies for managing shared resources, linking cooperative sustainability strategies (CSS) with CI to explore new research avenues.

Keywords:
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  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Social Cognition

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  • Group-dwelling species utilize collective intelligence (CI) to overcome challenges.
  • The broad scope of CI presents a limitation for cohesive research.
  • Common-pool resource (CPR) dilemmas are a key context for studying CI and cooperation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore a methodological approach for mitigating limitations in CI research.
  • To examine variability across species, strategies, and cognitive abilities within CPR dilemmas.
  • To formulate a framework for categorizing strategies for overcoming CPR dilemmas based on social cognitive demands.

Main Methods:

  • Examining variability across species, strategy types, and cognitive abilities.
  • Categorizing strategies for overcoming CPR dilemmas based on social cognitive demands.
  • Analyzing existing connections between cooperative sustainability strategies (CSS) and CI.

Main Results:

  • Strategies for overcoming CPR dilemmas can be broadly grouped into ecological sustainability mechanisms and cooperative sustainability strategies (CSS).
  • Examples range from bats managing food resources to human institutions for resource management.
  • Identified key points of synthesis between CSS and CI.

Conclusions:

  • Integrating CSS and CI can generate novel research directions.
  • A framework based on social cognitive demands aids in understanding diverse strategies for resource management.
  • CI research can be advanced by studying species-specific adaptations to CPR dilemmas.