Social interactions, information use, and the evolution of collective migration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 16172-16177

  Guttal, Vishwesha ^a   Couzin, Iain D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Individual based model; Leadership; Microevolution; Taxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HABITAT; HYSTERESIS; INFORMATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL MOVEMENT; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957990628     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006874107     Document Type: Article

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