Some Causes of the Variable Shape of Flocks of Birds

Charlotte K. Hemelrijk; Hanno Hildenbrandt

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022479

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Some Causes of the Variable Shape of Flocks of Birds

Charlotte K. Hemelrijk ,

* E-mail: c.k.hemelrijk@rug.nl

Affiliation Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organisation, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Hanno Hildenbrandt

Affiliation Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organisation, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Some Causes of the Variable Shape of Flocks of Birds

Charlotte K. Hemelrijk,
Hanno Hildenbrandt

Published: August 4, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022479

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