The social context of cannibalism in migratory bands of the Mormon cricket.

Cannibalism has been shown to be important to the collective motion of mass migratory bands of insects, such as locusts and Mormon crickets. These mobile groups consist of millions of individuals and are highly destructive to vegetation. Individuals move in response to attacks from approaching consp...

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Main Authors: Sepideh Bazazi, Christos C Ioannou, Stephen J Simpson, Gregory A Sword, Colin J Torney, Patrick D Lorch, Iain D Couzin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21179402/?tool=EBI