Social interactions dominate speed control in poising natural flocks near criticality

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7212-7217

  Bialek, William ^a   Cavagna, Andrea ^b,c   Giardina, Irene ^b,c   Mora, Thierry ^d   Pohl, Oliver ^b,c,e   Silvestri, Edmondo ^b,c   Viale, Massimiliano ^b,c   Walczak, Aleksandra M ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COORDINATION; ENTROPY; FLIGHT; INTUITION; MAGNET; NONHUMAN; PHYSICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPRING; STRENGTH; STURNUS VULGARIS; VELOCITY;

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENTROPY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLINGS;

EID: 84900993138     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1324045111     Document Type: Article

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