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Trilobite tridents: A model of lift, drag and stability for queue formation
Hugh A. Trenchard, Carlton E. Brett, Matjaz Perc
The trident like cephalic projections of Walliserops trifurcatus have been interpreted as sexually selected weapons for intraspecific combat. We evaluate one possible, alternative…
Cell pelotons: a model of early evolutionary cell sorting, with application to slime mold D. discoideum
Hugh Trenchard
A theoretical model is presented for early evolutionary cell sorting within cellular aggregates. The model involves an energy-saving mechanism and principles of collective self-org…
Trilobite "pelotons": Possible hydrodynamic drag effects between leading and following trilobites in trilobite queues
Hugh Trenchard, Carlton Brett, Matjaz Perc
Energy saving mechanisms in nature allow following organisms to expend less energy than leaders. Queues, or ordered rows of individuals, may form when organisms exploit the availab…
Energy saving mechanisms, collective behavior and the variation range hypothesis in biological systems: A review
Hugh Trenchard, Matjaz Perc
Energy saving mechanisms are ubiquitous in nature. Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic drafting, vortice uplift, Bernoulli suction, thermoregulatory coupling, path following, physical hoo…
The peloton superorganism and protocooperative behavior
Hugh Trenchard
A theoretical framework for protocooperative behavior in pelotons (groups of cyclists) is proposed. A threshold between cooperative and free-riding behaviors in pelotons is modeled…
The complex dynamics of bicycle pelotons
Hugh Trenchard
A peloton may be defined as two or more cyclists riding in sufficiently close proximity to be located either in one of two basic positions: 1) behind cyclists in zones of reduced a…
American coot collective on-water dynamics
Hugh Trenchard
American coot (Fulica americana) flocks exhibit water surface (two-dimensional) collective dynamics that oscillate between two primary phases: a disordered phase of low density and…