A novel method for investigating the collective behaviour of fish: Introducing 'Robofish'

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1211-1218

  Faria, Jolyon J ^a   Dyer, John R G ^a   Clément, Romain O ^b   Couzin, Iain D ^c   Holt, Natalie ^a   Ward, Ashley J W ^d   Waters, Dean ^a   Krause, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collective animal behaviour; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Inter individual distance; Leadership; Recruitment; Robot

Indexed keywords

ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; ROBOTICS; TELEOST; TOPOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 77954542688     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0988-y     Document Type: Article

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