Complex spatial group patterns result from different animal communication mechanisms.

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Eftimie, R.
  • De Vries, G.
  • Lewis, Mark A.

• We present previously undescribed spatial group patterns that emerge in a one-dimensional hyperbolic model for animal group formation and movement. The patterns result from the assumption that the interactions governing movement depend not only on distance between conspecifics, but also on how individuals receive information about their neighbors and the amount of information received. Some of these patterns are classical, such as stationary pulses, traveling waves, ripples, or traveling trains. However, most of the patterns have not been reported previously. We call these patterns zigzag pulses, semizigzag pulses, breathers, traveling breathers, and feathers.

• Date created

  2007-01-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Nonlocal hyperbolic system
  • Signal reception
  • Spatial patterns
  • Zigzag

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R32J68735

• License

  © 2007 National Academy of Sciences. This version of this article is open access and can be downloaded and shared. The original author(s) and source must be cited.