Collective Animal Behavior /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sumpter, David J. T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2010]
Edición:Course Book
Temas:
Collective behavior.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Science > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Social behavior in animals.
Social sciences > Sociology > General.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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

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