Published online April 1, 2015.The exceptional reactivity of animal collectives to predatory attacks is thought to be owing to rapid, but local, transfer of information between group members. These groups turn together in unison and produce escape waves. However, it is not clear how escape waves are created from local interactions, nor is it understood how these patterns are shaped by natural selection. By startling schools of fish with a simulated attack in an experimental arena, we demonstrate that changes in the direction and speed by a small percentage of individuals that detect the danger initiate an escape wave. This escape wave consists of a densely packed band of individuals that causes other school members to change direction. In t...
Many prey species have evolved collective responses to avoid predation. They rapidly transfer inform...
When a predator attacks a flock of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), involving thousands of individuals,...
The formation of waves is a vivid example of collective behaviour occurring in insects, birds, fish ...
The exceptional reactivity of animal collectives to predatory attacks is thought to be owing to rapi...
The exceptional reactivity of animal collectives to predatory attacks is thought to be owing to rapi...
Fast transfer of information in groups can have survival value. An example is the so-called wave of ...
Many large-scale animal groups have the ability to react in a rapid and coordinated manner to enviro...
Aggregation is commonly thought to improve animals’ security. Within aquatic ecosystems, group-livin...
Coordination among social animals requires rapid and efficient transfer of information among individ...
Aggregation is commonly thought to improve animals' security. Within aquatic ecosystems, group-livin...
Bird flocks show fascinating patterns of collective motion, particularly when escaping a predator. L...
Emergent behavior that arises from a mass effect is one of the most striking aspects of collective a...
SummaryTransfer of information about predatory attacks between individuals allows schooling or flock...
Emergent behavior that arises from a mass effect is one of the most striking aspects of collective a...
Group chase and escape is widely observed in nature, where the predators approach the prey and the p...
Many prey species have evolved collective responses to avoid predation. They rapidly transfer inform...
When a predator attacks a flock of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), involving thousands of individuals,...
The formation of waves is a vivid example of collective behaviour occurring in insects, birds, fish ...
The exceptional reactivity of animal collectives to predatory attacks is thought to be owing to rapi...
The exceptional reactivity of animal collectives to predatory attacks is thought to be owing to rapi...
Fast transfer of information in groups can have survival value. An example is the so-called wave of ...
Many large-scale animal groups have the ability to react in a rapid and coordinated manner to enviro...
Aggregation is commonly thought to improve animals’ security. Within aquatic ecosystems, group-livin...
Coordination among social animals requires rapid and efficient transfer of information among individ...
Aggregation is commonly thought to improve animals' security. Within aquatic ecosystems, group-livin...
Bird flocks show fascinating patterns of collective motion, particularly when escaping a predator. L...
Emergent behavior that arises from a mass effect is one of the most striking aspects of collective a...
SummaryTransfer of information about predatory attacks between individuals allows schooling or flock...
Emergent behavior that arises from a mass effect is one of the most striking aspects of collective a...
Group chase and escape is widely observed in nature, where the predators approach the prey and the p...
Many prey species have evolved collective responses to avoid predation. They rapidly transfer inform...
When a predator attacks a flock of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), involving thousands of individuals,...
The formation of waves is a vivid example of collective behaviour occurring in insects, birds, fish ...