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A dataset containing the metrics of collective motion for 4 species: stickleback fish, homing pigeons, goats, and chacma baboons. They were used for the construction of the initial swarm space in:

Papadopoulou Marina, Fürtbauer Ines, O'Bryan Lisa R., Garnier Simon, Georgopoulou Dimitra G., Bracken Anna M., Christensen Charlotte and King Andrew J. 2023. Dynamics of collective motion across time and species. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 378: 20220068. http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0068

Usage

data('multi_species_metrics')

Format

A dataframe with 118 rows and 12 columns:

mean_mean_nnd

Average nearest neighbor distance

mean_sd_nnd

Average within-group variation in nearest neighbor distance

sd_mean_nnd

Temporal variation in average nearest neighbor distance

mean_pol

Average polarization

sd_pol

Temporal variation in polarization

stdv_speed

Temporal variation in speed

mean_sd_front

Average within-group variation in frontness

mean_mean_bangl

Average bearing angle

mean_shape

Average group shape (rads)

sd_shape

Temporal variation in group shape (rads)

species

Species id

event

Event id

References

Papadopoulou Marina, Fürtbauer Ines, O'Bryan Lisa R., Garnier Simon, Georgopoulou Dimitra G., Bracken Anna M., Christensen Charlotte and King Andrew J. 2023. Dynamics of collective motion across time and species. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 378: 20220068. http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0068