Robustness of self-organised systems to changes in behaviour: An example from real and simulated self-organised snail aggregations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Stafford, Richard ^a   Williams, Gray A ^b   Davies, Mark S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; TOPOGRAPHY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GASTROPODA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICS; SNAILS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960876978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022743     Document Type: Article

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