Scaling in animal group-size distributions

E Bonabeau; L Dagorn; P Fréon

doi:10.1073/pnas.96.8.4472

Scaling in animal group-size distributions

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Apr 13;96(8):4472-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.8.4472.

Authors

E Bonabeau¹, L Dagorn, P Fréon

Affiliation

¹ Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA. bonabeau@santafe.edu

Abstract

An elementary model of animal aggregation is presented. The group-size distributions resulting from this model are truncated power laws. The predictions of the model are found to be consistent with data that describe the group-size distributions of tuna fish, sardinellas, and African buffaloes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Behavior, Animal*
Ecosystem*
Models, Biological
Models, Statistical
Social Behavior*