Distinguishing social from nonsocial navigation in moving animal groups

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-632

  Bode, Nikolai W F ^a,b   Franks, Daniel W ^a   Jamie Wood, A ^a   Piercy, Julius J B ^c   Croft, Darren P ^d   Codling, Edward A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Animal migration; Animal movement; Collective behavior; Group navigation; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADAPTATION; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; FISH; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHELTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859726368     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665005     Document Type: Article

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