Absence of “selfish herd” dynamics in bird flocks under threat

Complex patterns of collective escape in starling flocks under predation

(2019) R. F. Storms et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

When flocking is costly: reduced cluster-flock density over long-duration flight in pigeons

(2019) Daniel W. E. Sankey et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Birds invest wingbeats to keep a steady head and reap the ultimate benefits of flying together

(2019) Lucy A. Taylor et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Speed consensus and the ‘Goldilocks principle’ in flocking birds (Columba livia)

(2019) Daniel W.E. Sankey et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The peregrine falcon’s rapid dive: on the adaptedness of the arm skeleton and shoulder girdle

(2018) Anke Schmitz et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Using activity and sociability to characterize collective motion

(2018) David J. T. Sumpter et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Miniaturization of biologgers is not alleviating the 5% rule

(2018) Steven J. Portugal et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Disentangling and modeling interactions in fish with burst-and-coast swimming reveal distinct alignment and attraction behaviors

(2018) Daniel S. Calovi et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Homing pigeons (Columba livia) modulate wingbeat characteristics as a function of route familiarity

(2017) Lucy A. Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Terminal attack trajectories of peregrine falcons are described by the proportional navigation guidance law of missiles

(2017) Caroline H. Brighton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Does the stress response predict the ability of wild birds to adjust to short-term captivity? A study of the rock pigeon (Columbia livia)

(2016) Frédéric Angelier et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Speed Determines Leadership and Leadership Determines Learning during Pigeon Flocking

(2015) Benjamin Pettit et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

When hawks attack: animal-borne video studies of goshawk pursuit and prey-evasion strategies

(2015) S. A. Kane et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Initiation and spread of escape waves within animal groups

(2015) J. E. Herbert-Read et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Upwash exploitation and downwash avoidance by flap phasing in ibis formation flight

(2014) Steven J. Portugal et al.   NATURE

Domestic pigeons

(2013) Michael D. Shapiro et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Interaction rules underlying group decisions in homing pigeons

(2013) B. Pettit et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Flying with the wind: scale dependency of speed and direction measurements in modelling wind support in avian flight

(2013) Kamran Safi et al.   Movement Ecology

Melanin-based coloration reflects alternative strategies to cope with food limitation in pigeons

(2012) L. Jacquin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Selfish-herd behaviour of sheep under threat

(2012) Andrew J. King et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Predatory Fish Select for Coordinated Collective Motion in Virtual Prey

(2012) C. C. Ioannou et al.   SCIENCE

From behavioural analyses to models of collective motion in fish schools

(2012) U. Lopez et al.   Interface Focus

Nonlinear effects of group size on the success of wolves hunting elk

(2011) Daniel R. MacNulty et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Predicting prey population dynamics from kill rate, predation rate and predator-prey ratios in three wolf-ungulate systems

(2011) John A. Vucetich et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Flying in a flock comes at a cost in pigeons

(2011) James R. Usherwood et al.   NATURE

Inferring the rules of interaction of shoaling fish

(2011) J. E. Herbert-Read et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inferring the structure and dynamics of interactions in schooling fish

(2011) Y. Katz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hierarchical group dynamics in pigeon flocks

(2010) Máté Nagy et al.   NATURE

Collective motion in animal groups from a neurobiological perspective: The adaptive benefits of dynamic sensory loads and selective attention

(2009) B.H. Lemasson et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Outlier detection for skewed data

(2008) Mia Hubert et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMOMETRICS

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

(2008) M. Ballerini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Information transfer in moving animal groups

(2008) David Sumpter et al.   THEORY IN BIOSCIENCES