A phenomenological model for the collective landing of bird flocks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1658, 2012, Pages 911-917

  Daruka, István ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Collective behaviour; Flocking; Nonlinear systems; Self organization

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIELDWORK; FLIGHT; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NONLINEARITY; SELF ORGANIZATION;

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 63849186497     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1444     Document Type: Article

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