Behaviour of group-living outbreaking insects

群居爆发昆虫的行为

• 批准号: 250173-2007
• 负责人: Despland, Emma
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=394673
• 关键词: Behaviour; group; living; outbreaking; insects

Insect outbreaks, from seething swarms of locusts to writhing masses of caterpillars, can be spectacular, not only by their sheer numbers, but also by the way multitudes of individuals move and feed in concert. This pattern of collective behaviour is an emergent group property that arises from the responses of individuals to each other and to the environment. Emergence means that interactions between individuals generate feedback loops leading to group behaviour that cannot be predicted from the behaviour of individuals. Therefore, studying the behaviour of groups, and how it emerges from that of individuals, is necessary to understand the ecology of group-living species.

昆虫的爆发，从沸腾的蝗虫群到扭动的毛毛虫群，可能是壮观的，不仅是因为它们的数量，而且是因为大量的个体一起移动和进食。这种集体行为模式是一种新兴的群体属性，源于个体对彼此和环境的反应。 涌现意味着个体之间的互动产生反馈回路，导致无法从个体行为中预测的群体行为。 因此，研究群体的行为，以及它是如何从个体的行为中产生的，对于理解群体生活物种的生态学是必要的。