| Information transfer in moving animal groups. | |
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PMID: 18458976 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Moving animal groups provide some of the most intriguing and difficult to characterise examples of collective behaviour. We review some recent (and not so recent) empirical research on the motion of animal groups, including fish, locusts and homing pigeons. An important concept which unifies our understanding of these groups is that of transfer of directional information. Individuals which change their direction of travel in response to the direction taken by their near neighbours can quickly transfer information about the presence of a predatory threat or food source. We show that such information transfer is optimised when the density of individuals in a group is close to that at which a phase transition occurs between random and ordered motion. Similarly, we show that even relatively small differences in information possessed by group members can lead to strong collective-level decisions for one of two options. By combining the use of self-propelled particle and social force models of collective motion with thinking about the evolution of flocking we aim to better understand how complexity arises within these groups. |
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Authors:
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David Sumpter; Jerome Buhl; Dora Biro; Iain Couzin |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2008-05-06 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften Volume: 127 ISSN: 1611-7530 ISO Abbreviation: Theory Biosci. Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-05-15 Completed Date: 2008-06-18 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9708216 Medline TA: Theory Biosci Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 177-86 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK. david@math.uu.se |
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Animal Communication* Animals Behavior, Animal / physiology* Computer Simulation Cooperative Behavior* Information Storage and Retrieval / methods Locomotion / physiology* Models, Biological* Population Dynamics* Social Behavior* |
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