How perceived threat increases synchronization in collectively moving animal groups

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1697, 2010, Pages 3065-3070

  Bode, Nikolai W F ^a   Faria, Jolyon J ^b   Franks, Daniel W ^a   Krause, Jens ^b,c   Wood, A Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Collective behaviour; Collective motion; Confusion effect; Oddity effect; Synchrony; Threat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 77956909262     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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