Animal Groups in Three Dimensions: How Species Aggregate - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521460247 ISBN 13: 9780521460248

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Riassunto

This book is about the ways in which many animals form groups; for instance, schools of fish, flocks of birds, and swarms of insects. Covering both invertebrate and vertebrate species, the authors investigate three-dimensional animal aggregations from a variety of disciplines, from physics to mathematics to biology. The first section is devoted to the various methods, mainly optical and acoustic, used to collect three-dimensional data over time. The second section focuses on analytical methods used to quantify pattern, group kinetics, and interindividual interactions within the group. The section on behavioural ecology and evolution deals with the functions of aggregative behaviour from the point of view of an inherently selfish individual member. The final section uses models to elucidate how group dynamics at the individual level creates emergent pattern at the level of the group.

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Recensione:

' ... worthwhile book with something in it for everyone who is interested in animal groups.' Ethology

' ... has definite possibilities for the imaginative production of project work at the undergraduate level, using some concepts of applied mathematics and many standard techniques of calculus and statistics.' Peter Giblin, The Mathematical Gazette

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This book is about the ways in which many animals form groups; for instance, schools of fish, flocks of birds, and swarms of insects. Covering both invertebrate and vertebrate species, the authors investigate three-dimensional animal aggregations from a variety of disciplines, from physics to mathematics to biology.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521460247
• ISBN 13: 9780521460248
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 402
• Redattore: Parrish Julia K., Hamner William M.