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physics.bio-ph2018★ 173 cited
From local collective behavior to global migratory patterns in white storks
Andrea Flack, Mate Nagy, Wolfgang Fiedler +2
Soaring migrants exploit columns of rising air (thermals) to cover large distances with minimal energy. Employing social information while locating thermals may be beneficial, but…
physics.bio-ph2016★ 45 cited
Robustness of flight leadership relations in pigeons
Andrea Flack, Zsuzsa Ákos, Máté Nagy +2
Collective animal movements produce spectacular natural phenomena that arise from simple local interactions among group members. Flocks of homing pigeons, Columba livia, provide a…