Effects of spatial distribution and memory of interactions on the formation of animal groups

• Grant number: 12/13779-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2012
• End date: June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Theoretical Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Roberto André Kraenkel
• Grantee: Vitor Passos Rios
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Memory of previous interactions is an important component of animal interactions, being essential for phenomena such as con-specific recognition, parental care, bonding of reproductive pairs and hierarchy maintenance. However, most current sociality models do no take it into account. This work aims to use individual based modeling to generate groups of individuals with different kinds of memory and initial spatial distributions, to simulate interactions between these individuals, and to analyze the effects memory has on group formation, controlling for the effects of initial individual distribution and density. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RIOS, VITOR PASSOS; KRAENKEL, ROBERTO ANDRE. Do I Know You? How Individual Recognition Affects Group Formation and Structure. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 1, JAN 26 2017. (12/13779-3)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

RIOS, Vitor Passos. Memory and sociality: how individual recognition affects group formation. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.