Animals losing migratory routes? Devasting consequences of scarcity of 'knowledgeable elders'
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
Small changes in a population may lead to dramatic consequences, like the disappearance of the migratory route of a species. Scientists have created a model of the behavior of a group of individuals on the move (like a school of fish, a herd of sheep or a flock of birds, etc.) which, by changing a few simple parameters, reproduces the collective behavior patterns observed in the wild.