Self-organized aerial displays of thousands of starlings: A model

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1349-1359

  Hildenbrandt, H ^a   Carere, C ^b,c   Hemelrijk, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

collective behavior; flocking maneuvers of starlings; locomotory behavior; self organization; swarming

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AERODYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; PASSERINE; PRIMATE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; STEREO IMAGE; SWARMING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOLOGY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 78649390555     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq149     Document Type: Article

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