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Collective animal behavior

Sumpter, David J. T., (1973-)

Collective animal behavior

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Collective animal behaviorDavid J.T. Sumpter.
Author:	Sumpter, David J. T.,
Published:	Princeton, N.J. :Princeton University Press,©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 302 p.) :ill.
Subject:	Social behavior in animals.
Online resource:	http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7tc00
ISBN:	9781400837106 (electronic bk.)

Collective animal behavior
Sumpter, David J. T.,1973-

Collective animal behavior[electronic resource] /David J.T. Sumpter. - Princeton, N.J. :Princeton University Press,©2010. - 1 online resource (x, 302 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Coming Together; Chapter 3 Information Transfer; Chapter 4 Making Decisions; Chapter 5 Moving Together; Chapter 6 Synchronization; Chapter 7 Structures; Chapter 8 Regulation; Chapter 9 Complicated Interactions; Chapter 10 The Evolution of Co-operation; Chapter 11 Conclusions; References; Index.

Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns emerge from individual interactions, Collective Animal Behavior reveals why animals produce group behaviors and examines their evolution across a range of species. Providing a synthesis of mathematical modeling, theoretical biology, and experimental work, David Sumpter investigates how animals move and arrive together, how they transfer information, how they make decisions and synchronize their activities, and how the.

ISBN: 9781400837106 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

192867
Social behavior in animals.

LC Class. No.: QL775 / .S86 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 591.56

Collective animal behavior
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