Simulations of the social organization of large schools of fish whose perception is obstructed

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 142-151

  Kunz, Hanspeter ^a   Hemelrijk, Charlotte K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective behaviour; Density; Group shape; Large groups; Obstructed perception; Schooling

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; GROUP SIZE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860245222     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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