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Type: Journal article
Title: From disorder to order in marching locusts
Author: Buhl, J.
Sumpter, D.J.T.
Couzin, I.D.
Hale, J.J.
Despland, E.
Miller, E.R.
Simpson, S.J.
Citation: Science, 2006; 312(5778):1402-1406
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Issue Date: 2006
ISSN: 0036-8075
1095-9203
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J. Buhl, D. J. T. Sumpter, I. D. Couzin, J. J. Hale, E. Despland, E. R. Miller, S. J. Simpson
Abstract: Recent models from theoretical physics have predicted that mass-migrating animal groups may share group-level properties, irrespective of the type of animals in the group. One key prediction is that as the density of animals in the group increases, a rapid transition occurs from disordered movement of individuals within the group to highly aligned collective motion. Understanding such a transition is crucial to the control of mobile swarming insect pests such as the desert locust. We confirmed the prediction of a rapid transition from disordered to ordered movement and identified a critical density for the onset of coordinated marching in locust nymphs. We also demonstrated a dynamic instability in motion at densities typical of locusts in the field, in which groups can switch direction without external perturbation, potentially facilitating the rapid transfer of directional information.
Keywords: Animals
Grasshoppers
Mass Behavior
Population Density
Movement
Models, Biological
Rights: ©American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125142
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1125142
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