Empirical investigation of starling flocks: a benchmark study in collective animal behaviour

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 201-215

  Ballerini, Michele ^a,b   Cabibbo, Nicola ^c,d   Candelier, Raphael ^c   Cavagna, Andrea ^a,e   Cisbani, Evaristo ^b   Giardina, Irene ^a,e   Orlandi, Alberto ^a   Parisi, Giorgio ^a,c   Procaccini, Andrea ^a,c   Viale, Massimiliano ^c   Zdravkovic, Vladimir ^a  

^a Centre for Statistical Mechanics and Complexity (SMC)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collective behaviour; correspondence problem; emergent properties; European starling; flocking; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BENCHMARKING; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 44949154299     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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