Modelling group navigation: Dominance and democracy in homing pigeons

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Freeman, Robin ^a   Biro, Dora ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal navigation; Group navigation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; GROUP MEMBERS; GROUP NAVIGATION; GROUP STRUCTURE; INFORMATION SHARED; LOCAL RULES; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; NAVIGATION;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

MODELING; NAVIGATION; PIGEONITE;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

EID: 65749097253     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: 14697785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463308005080     Document Type: Article

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