Coordinated Movements Prevent Jamming in an Emperor Penguin Huddle

For Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), huddling is the key to survival during the Antarctic winter. Penguins in a huddle are packed so tightly that individual movements become impossible, reminiscent of a jamming transition in compacted colloids. It is crucial, however, that the huddle structu...

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Autores principales: Zitterbart, Daniel P., Wienecke, Barbara, Butler, James P., Fabry, Ben
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3106014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21673816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020260

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3106014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21673816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020260

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