Publications by authors named "Roger Lloret-Cabot"
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- Climate variability affects marine ecosystems, influencing the diet and migration of North Atlantic fin whales.
- Researchers conducted stable isotope analysis on baleen plates of 29 fin whales to track their dietary habits and migration patterns over time.
- Findings reveal that climate patterns, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, lead to shifts in whale diets towards higher trophic resources and changes in migratory routes, demonstrating the species’ adaptability to climate changes.
We use complex systems science to explore the emergent behavioral patterns that typify eusocial species, using collective ant foraging as a paradigmatic example. Our particular aim is to provide a methodology to quantify how the collective orchestration of foraging provides functional advantages to ant colonies. For this, we combine (i) a purpose-built experimental arena replicating ant foraging across realistic spatial and temporal scales, and (ii) a set of analytical tools, grounded in information theory and spin-glass approaches, to explore the resulting data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnderstanding the structural complexity and the main drivers of animal search behaviour is pivotal to foraging ecology. Yet, the role of uncertainty as a generative mechanism of movement patterns is poorly understood. Novel insights from search theory suggest that organisms should collect and assess new information from the environment by producing complex exploratory strategies.
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