Attack strategies in birds of prey

Thesis

Pursuit behaviours are vital in predator-prey interactions and in courtship for many flying animals. Existing research on target-directed flight behaviours in insects[1-9], birds[10-12] and bats[13] has aimed at identifying simple geometric rules describing the pursuit-flight trajectories. However, these geometric rules are only part of the picture as they only consider the outcome of the commanded changes in flight kinematics, and not the underlying guidance laws (dynamics) which generate...

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Authors: Brighton, C

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-gaxxryrme
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Subjects: Birds of prey; Animal behaviour; Guidance