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Flash Expansion Threshold in Whirligig Swarms

In the selfish herd hypothesis, prey animals move toward each other to avoid the likelihood of being selected by a predator. However, many grouped animals move away from each other the moment before a predator attacks. Very little is known about this phenomenon, called flash expansion, such as wheth...

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Autores principales: Romey, William L., Lamb, Alicia R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4547799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26301958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136467