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Physics-based simulations of aerial attacks by peregrine falcons reveal that stooping at high speed maximizes catch success against agile prey
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The peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus is renowned for attacking its prey from high altitude in a fast controlled dive called a stoop. Many other raptors employ a similar mode of attack, but the functional benefits of stooping remain obscure. Here we investigate whether, when, and why stooping promotes catch success, using a three-dimensional, agent-based modeling approach to simulate attacks of falcons on aerial prey. We simulate avian flapping and gliding flight using an analytical quasi-ste...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Computational Biology Journal website
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 4
- Article number:
- e1006044
- Publication date:
- 2018-04-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-03-07
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- EISSN:
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1553-7358
- ISSN:
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1553-734X
- Source identifiers:
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830712
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pubs:830712
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uuid:02320eb7-c098-4fbd-af1c-c8b4c52c71e9
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- pubs:830712
- Deposit date:
- 2018-03-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Mills et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2018 Mills et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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