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Science 2 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5778, pp. 1320 - 1322
DOI: 10.1126/science.1127548
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Perspectives

BEHAVIOR:
Align in the Sand

Daniel Grünbaum

Many animal species form large organized groups, but how information is shared within swarms, flocks, and heards is not clear. Studies of locust swarms reveal distinct transitions from disordered to ordered phases.

The author is in the School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. E-mail: grunbaum{at}ocean.washington.edu

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