• Collective escape dynamics of fission-fusion groups in the wild 

      Rathore, Akanksha
      Collective movement is a fundamental process affecting the survival and reproductive success of group-living animals. Many of the hypothesized benefits of grouping such as predation evasion and foraging efficiency may ...
    • Intrinsic Noise in Collective Dynamics 

      Jhawar, Jitesh
      Animal groups exhibit many emergent properties that are a consequence of local interactions. Linking individual-level behaviour to group-level dynamics has been a question of fundamental interest from both biological and ...
    • Local Interactions, Spatial Patterns and Ecosystem Stability 

      Sankaran, Sumithra
      Many ecosystems exhibit striking patterns in the spatial distribution of organisms, for example, patterns of clumping and dispersion in semi-arid vegetation, mussel in intertidal beds and even sea-grass and macroalgae. ...
    • Multiple Stable States and Abrupt Transitions in Spatial Ecosystems 

      Majumder, Sabiha
      Ecosystems can exhibit multiple stable states at similar external conditions. Such systems shift from one stable state to another abruptly and discontinuously, when they cross certain threshold parameters. Some examples ...
    • Spatial and Coevolutionary Dynamics of Cooperation 

      Joshi, Jaideep
      Cooperation is ubiquitous across taxa in the animal kingdom. For example, microbes cooperate in producing antibiotic-resistant biofilms, mammals and birds collectively mob predators, and humans cooperate in utilization of ...