Social interactions dominate speed control in poising natural flocks near criticality

Flocks of birds exhibit a remarkable degree of coordination and collective response. It is not just that thousands of individuals fly, on average, in the same direction and at the same speed, but that even the fluctuations around the mean velocity are correlated over long distances. Quantitative mea...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 111; no. 20; p. 7212
Main Authors:	Bialek, William, Cavagna, Andrea, Giardina, Irene, Mora, Thierry, Pohl, Oliver, Silvestri, Edmondo, Viale, Massimiliano, Walczak, Aleksandra M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 20.05.2014
Subjects:	Animals Behavior, Animal Entropy Flight, Animal - physiology Models, Theoretical Movement Social Behavior Starlings - physiology collective behavior statistical mechanics
ISSN:	1091-6490, 1091-6490
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