Interaction ruling animal collective behavior depends on topological rather than metric distance: Evidence from a field study

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1232-1237

  Ballerini, M ^a,c   Cabibbo, N ^a,b   Candelier, R ^b,f   Cavagna, A ^a,d   Cisbani, E ^c   Giardina, I ^a,d   Lecomte, V ^e,g   Orlandi, A ^a   Parisi, G ^a,b   Procaccini, A ^a,b   Viale, M ^b,h   Zdravkovic, V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d ISC CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^f SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^h ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal groups; Behavioral rules; Flocking; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; AGGRESSION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME; VISION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

AGGRESSION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 39549102191     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711437105     Document Type: Article

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