Diffusion of individual birds in starling flocks
Diffusion of individual birds in starling flocks is a scholarly work by Andrea Cavagna, Sílvio M Duarte Queirós, Irene Giardina, and Massimiliano Viale, published in 2013 in ''Proceedings of the Royal Society B''. The main subjects of the publication include evolutionary ecology, Sturnus, computer science, multi-agent system, DNA-binding protein, flocking, diffusion, Sturnidae, flocking, biological mechanism, flock, and statistical physics. The authors find that birds move faster than Brownian walkers both with respect to the centre of mass of the flock, and with respect to each other.