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Three-dimensional trajectories and network analyses of group behaviour within chimney swift flocks during approaches to the roost

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Context-dependent variability in the components of fish escape response: integrating locomotor performance and behavior

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Radar observations of the stoop of the Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus and the Goshawk Accipiter gentilis

(2008) THOMAS ALERSTAM   IBIS

Interaction ruling animal collective behavior depends on topological rather than metric distance: Evidence from a field study

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