Understanding how animal groups achieve coordinated movement

JE Herbert-Read - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Moving animal groups display remarkable feats of coordination. This coordination is largely
achieved when individuals adjust their movement in response to their neighbours' …

Group hunting within the Carnivora: physiological, cognitive and environmental influences on strategy and cooperation

I Bailey, JP Myatt, AM Wilson - Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 2013 - Springer
Cooperative hunting is believed to have important implications for the evolution of sociality
and advanced cognitive abilities. Variation in the level of hunt organisation amongst species …

SMART-BARN: Scalable multimodal arena for real-time tracking behavior of animals in large numbers

M Nagy, H Naik, F Kano, NV Carlson, JC Koblitz… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The SMART-BARN (scalable multimodal arena for real-time tracking behavior of animals in
large numbers) achieves fast, robust acquisition of movement, behavior, communication …

[图书][B] Sociality: the behaviour of group-living animals

A Ward, M Webster - 2016 - Springer
Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

Upwash exploitation and downwash avoidance by flap phasing in ibis formation flight

SJ Portugal, TY Hubel, J Fritz, S Heese, D Trobe… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Many species travel in highly organized groups,,. The most quoted function of these
configurations is to reduce energy expenditure and enhance locomotor performance of …

Fish swimming in schools save energy regardless of their spatial position

S Marras, SS Killen, J Lindström, DJ McKenzie… - Behavioral ecology and …, 2015 - Springer
For animals, being a member of a group provides various advantages, such as reduced
vulnerability to predators, increased foraging opportunities and reduced energetic costs of …

Schools of fish and flocks of birds: their shape and internal structure by self-organization

CK Hemelrijk, H Hildenbrandt - Interface focus, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Models of self-organization have proved useful in revealing what processes may underlie
characteristics of swarms. In this study, we review model-based explanations for aspects of …

Energetics of collective movement in vertebrates

Y Zhang, GV Lauder - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
The collective directional movement of animals occurs over both short distances and longer
migrations, and is a critical aspect of feeding, reproduction and the ecology of many species …

Selfish-herd behaviour of sheep under threat

AJ King, AM Wilson, SD Wilshin, J Lowe, H Haddadi… - Current Biology, 2012 - cell.com
Flocking is a striking example of collective behaviour that is found in insect swarms, fish
schools and mammal herds [1]. A major factor in the evolution of flocking behaviour is …

Individual-based tracking systems in ornithology: welcome to the era of big data

P López-López - Ardeola, 2016 - BioOne
Technological innovations have led to exciting fast-moving developments in science. Today,
we are living in a technology-driven era of biological discovery. Consequently, tracking …