Understanding soaring bird migration through interactions and decisions at the individual level

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-126

  Van Loon, E E ^a   Shamoun Baranes, J ^a   Bouten, W ^a   Davis, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergent patterns; Flocking; Individual based model; Social interactions; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMAL CONVECTION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DECISION MAKING; FLIGHT; HERD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEATHER;

CENTRAL ASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; CICONIA CICONIA;

EID: 78649500877     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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