Locust and grasshopper management

L Zhang, M Lecoq, A Latchininsky… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Locusts and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) are among the most dangerous
agricultural pests. Their control is critical to food security worldwide and often requires …

The physics of cooperative transport in groups of ants

O Feinerman, I Pinkoviezky, A Gelblum, E Fonio… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Anyone who has moved furniture together with friends will appreciate that cooperative
transport requires some non-trivial communication. Yet ants are adept at collectively moving …

Intermittent collective motion in sheep results from alternating the role of leader and follower

L Gómez-Nava, R Bon, F Peruani - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Flocking behaviour is often presented as an example of a self-organized process, where
individuals continuously negotiate on the direction of travel and compromise by moving …

From molecules to management: mechanisms and consequences of locust phase polyphenism

DA Cullen, AJ Cease, AV Latchininsky, A Ayali… - Advances in insect …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Locusts are grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) that are characterised by their
capacity for extreme population density-dependent polyphenism, transforming between a …

Sensory collectives in natural systems

HJ Williams, VH Sridhar, E Hurme, GEC Gall… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Groups of animals inhabit vastly different sensory worlds, or umwelten, which shape
fundamental aspects of their behaviour. Yet the sensory ecology of species is rarely …

A chemical defense deters cannibalism in migratory locusts

H Chang, S Cassau, J Krieger, X Guo, M Knaden… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Many animals engage in cannibalism to supplement their diets. Among dense populations
of migratory locusts, cannibalism is prevalent. We show that under crowded conditions …

Emergence of splits and collective turns in pigeon flocks under predation

M Papadopoulou, H Hildenbrandt… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Complex patterns of collective behaviour may emerge through self-organization, from local
interactions among individuals in a group. To understand what behavioural rules underlie …

The puzzle of locust density-dependent phase polyphenism

A Ayali - Current opinion in insect science, 2019 - Elsevier
Locust density-dependent phase polyphenism presents a quintessential example of
environmentally induced plasticity. Almost a century of research has yielded ample …

[HTML][HTML] Leaders in collective migration: are front cells really endowed with a particular set of skills?

E Theveneau, C Linker - F1000Research, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Collective cell migration is the coordinated movement emerging from the interaction of at
least two cells. In multicellular organisms, collective cell migration is ubiquitous. During …

Visual processing and collective motion-related decision-making in desert locusts

I Bleichman, P Yadav, A Ayali - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Collectively moving groups of animals rely on the decision-making of locally interacting
individuals in order to maintain swarm cohesion. However, the complex and noisy visual …