Collective animal behavior:
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1. Verfasser: Sumpter, David J. T. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2010
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Coming Together; Chapter 3 Information Transfer; Chapter 4 Making Decisions; Chapter 5 Moving Together; Chapter 6 Synchronization; Chapter 7 Structures; Chapter 8 Regulation; Chapter 9 Complicated Interactions; Chapter 10 The Evolution of Co-operation; Chapter 11 Conclusions; References; Index
Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns emerge from individual interactions, Collective Animal Behavior reveals why animals produce group behaviors and examines their evolution across a range of species. Providing a synthesis of mathematical modeling, theoretical biology, and experimental work, David Sumpter investigates how animals move and arrive together, how they transfer information, how they make decisions and synchronize their activities, and how the
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ISBN:0691129630
0691148430
1282821164
1400837103
9780691129631
9780691148434
9781282821163
9781400837106

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