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Abstract
A mechanism to generate spatially segregated territories in two dimensions consists of individuals depositing their own marks and avoiding foreign ones. This form of environment-mediated interaction, called stigmergy, makes the emerging spatiotemporal territory dynamics quite rich. Short-lived marks produce rapidly morphing and highly mobile territories. Long-lived marks yield slow territories with a narrowly defined shape distribution. The change in territory mobility depending on the time for which individual marks remain active is accompanied by a liquid-hexatic-solid transition akin to the Kosterlitz-Thouless melting scenario.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 042115 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Physical Review E |
Volume | 98 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 8 Oct 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2018 |
Research Groups and Themes
- Engineering Mathematics Research Group
Keywords
- Animal territoriality
- phase transitions
- ecology
- territorial random walk
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Link account to CHEM RB1768 (EP/M027546/1) - BristolBridge: Sustained chlorhexidine delivery gels for care of the umbilical cord in developing countries
Barbour , M. E. (Principal Investigator)
1/11/15 → 31/01/16
Project: Research
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Professor Luca Giuggioli
- School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology - Professor of Complexity Sciences
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
- Animal Behaviour and Sensory Biology
- Ecology and Environmental Change
Person: Academic , Member