Research output per year
Research output per year
We are interested in all aspects of self-organisation in social systems. In our models we try to produce complex phenomena by self-organisation as a side-effect of interactions of individuals with their environment. At present our focus is on predatory attacks of schools of fish and flocks of birds and on social systems of birds and primates.
A fundamental evolutionary question is whether and how the guidance strategy of birds of prey during aerial hunting has been shaped by natural selection. To answer this, we need to integrate mechanism and function in an evolutionary study (Evo-mecho approach). For this, we use a computational model within the framework of complexity science. Our aim is to:
1. Gain insight how evolution may have shaped the prey-targeting system depending on the prey’s biomechanics and behaviour,
2. elucidate the interplay between pursuit-evasion tactics, behavioural timing, biomechanics, flight control, prey-targeting and catch rate,
3. generate and verify predictions in real raptors in cooperation with the Oxford Animal Flight Group, UK.
From the perspective of the prey, we aim to gain understanding about collective patterns of escape. In a combined modeling and empirical study in cooperation with University of Toulouse, France, we investigate the collective response of a school of fish when being attacked by a predator. Our aim is to:
1. Gain insight in the process of transmission of information about the predator,
2. elucidate how the different kinds of escape response relate to the strategy of the predator and the collective pattern of escape of prey, and
3. find out by what behavior the prey confuses the predator.
In fish schools we study the hydrodynamic effects and energetic benefits of schooling.
In primates we are investigating the self-organisation of inter-sexual dominance. We develop new measures of dominance style.
Using the example of mother-infant carrying we study evolution at multiple scales in computational models with the University of St Andrews, UK.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Hemelrijk, C., Verhulst, S., Storms, R. & Papadopoulou, M.
01/04/2017 → 01/04/2021
Project: Research
Hemelrijk, C., Mills, R. & Hildenbrandt, H.
01/06/2014 → 01/01/2020
Project: Research
Charlotte Hemelrijk (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
Charlotte Hemelrijk (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
Charlotte Hemelrijk (Contributor)
Activity: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
Charlotte Hemelrijk (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
Charlotte Hemelrijk (Member)
Activity: Membership › Professional
Hogan, B. G. (Contributor), Hildenbrandt, H. (Contributor), Scott-Samuel, N. E. (Contributor), Cuthill, I. C. (Contributor) & Hemelrijk, C. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 28-Dec-2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4498982.v1
Dataset
Lecheval, V. (Contributor), Jiang, L. (Contributor), Tichit, P. (Contributor), Sire, C. (Contributor), Hemelrijk, C. (Contributor) & Theraulaz, G. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 28-Mar-2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9m6d2
Dataset
Mills, R. (Contributor), Taylor, G. K. (Contributor) & Hemelrijk, C. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 6-Mar-2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9m42814, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9m42814 and one more link, https://zenodo.org/record/5017014 (show fewer)
Dataset
Papadopoulou, M. (Contributor), Hildenbrandt, H. (Contributor), Sankey, D. W. E. (Contributor), Portugal, S. J. (Contributor) & Hemelrijk, C. (Contributor), DRYAD, 9-Feb-2022
Dataset
22/12/2021 → 15/01/2022
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Academic
25/03/2021 → 08/01/2022
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
Rolf Storms, Robert Musters & Charlotte Hemelrijk
04/06/2021
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic
13/03/2021 → 27/03/2021
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic