Birds of a feather flock together: Insights into starling murmuration behaviour revealed using citizen science.

Pre-roost murmuration displays by European starlings Sturnus vulgaris are a spectacular example of collective animal behaviour. To date, empirical research has focussed largely on flock movement and biomechanics whereas research on possible causal mechanisms that affect flock size and murmuration du...

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Main Authors: Anne E Goodenough, Natasha Little, William S Carpenter, Adam G Hart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5476259?pdf=render