Individual pause-and-go motion is instrumental to the formation and maintenance of swarms of marching locust nymphs.

The principal interactions leading to the emergence of order in swarms of marching locust nymphs was studied both experimentally, using small groups of marching locusts in the lab, and using computer simulations. We utilized a custom tracking algorithm to reveal fundamental animal-animal interaction...

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Main Authors: Gil Ariel, Yotam Ophir, Sagi Levi, Eshel Ben-Jacob, Amir Ayali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4079690?pdf=render