Collective motion of birds and locusts
David J. T. Sumpter
Department of Mathematics
Uppsala University
How the two birds x and y change position:
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C 2
C 1
C 4
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W 1
W 2
W 3
W 5 W 6
W 4
G 5
G 2
G 12
G 6
G 7
G 9
G 8 G 3
G 1
G 11G 10
G 4
Dominance Hierarchy
Proportion improvement in paired flight by singly more efficient bird
Proportion improvement in paired flight by
singly less efficient bird
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1D self-propelled particles
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Czirok, Vicsek et al. (1999)
1D self-propelled particles
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Velocity:
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High density treatment
High density experiment
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High density experiment
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High density experiment
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Control experimentsLow density experiment
time (mins)
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20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160-1
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Low density experiment
time (mins)
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20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160-1
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Low density experiment
time (mins)
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Some conclusions
• Activity is the key parameter in predicting alignment in locusts.
• Degree of conflict is the key parameter in predicting compromise in pigeons.
• In both cases there is a sharp transition from one type of behaviour as this parameter is changed.
ReferencesBiro, D., Sumpter, D. J. T., Meade, J. & Guildford, T. (2006) From compromise to leadership
in pigeon homing, Current Biology, 2006 16: 2123-2128.
Buhl, J., Sumpter, D. J. T., Couzin, I. D., Hale, J. J., Despland, E., Miller, E. & Simpson, S. J. (2006) From disorder to order in locust marching, Science, 312, 1402 - 1406. .
Yates, C., Erban, R., Escudero, C., Couzin, I. D. ,Buhl, J., Kevrekedis, I., Maini, P. K., Sumpter, D. J. T. (2009) Inherent noise can facilitate coherence in collective swarm motion, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, almost accepted.
Hale, J. J. (2008) Automated tracking of locusts and humans, DPhil thesis, University of Oxford.
Sumpter, D. J. T., Krause, J. James, R., Couzin, I. D. and Ward A. J. W (2008) Consensus decision-making by fish, Current Biology, 18, 1773–1777.
Ward, A. J. W., Sumpter, D. J. T., Couzin, I. D., Hart, P. J. B. and Krause, J. (2008) Quorum decision-making facilitates information transfer in fish shoals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 6948-6953.
Sumpter, D. J. T. (2006) The principles of collective animal behaviour, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Series B, 361, 5-22.
Webpage: http://www.math.uu.se/~david/web/
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