From individuals to aggregations: The interplay between behavior and physics

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-454

  Flierl, G ^a   Grunbaum D ^b   Levin, S ^c   Olson, D ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MODEL;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP DYNAMICS; MODEL; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0033590683     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0842     Document Type: Article

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