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The confusion effect when attacking simulated three-dimensional starling flocks

The confusion effect describes the phenomenon of decreasing predator attack success with increasing prey group size. However, there is a paucity of research into the influence of this effect in coherent groups, such as flocks of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Here, for the first time, we use...

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Autores principales: Hogan, Benedict G., Hildenbrandt, Hanno, Scott-Samuel, Nicholas E., Cuthill, Innes C., Hemelrijk, Charlotte K. 
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28280553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160564

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