Scaling in animal group-size distributions

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作者：
Bonabeau, E [1 ]
Dagorn, L
Fréon, P
机构：
[1] Santa Fe Inst, 1399 Hyde Pk Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA
[2] ORSTOM, Papeete, France
[3] ORSTOM, F-34032 Montpellier 1, France
来源：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 1999年 / 96卷 / 08期
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D O I：
10.1073/pnas.96.8.4472
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
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.
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页码：4472 / 4477
页数：6
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