Individual movement influences the spatial and social structuring of a population. Animals regularly use the same paths to move efficiently to familiar places, or to patrol and mark home ranges. We found that Australian sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa), a monogamous species with stable pair-bonds, repeatedly used the same paths within their home ranges and investigated whether path re-use functi...

This paper puts forward a theoretical framework and formal language for understanding how simple , fast simulations can be used to artiicially evolve controllers for real robots. It begins by putting forward a general set of equations that describe the way in which an agent-environment system changes over time, and analyses what it means for an agent to exhibit a particular behaviour within suc...

In the last few decades European industrial cities have experienced major transformations which implied need to rethink role of nature. Re-naturing city, reconnecting urban planning and nature enhancing sustainability, means taking into account ecosystems biodiversity through a social approach reconsiders as product re-examines city–nature relationships, way Urban Political Ecology (UPE) sugges...

In vector field visualization, integral lines like stream, path, or streak lines are often used to examine the behavior of steady and unsteady flows. In 3D, however, visualizing integral lines is problematic since the resulting geometric structures cause occlusions, often hiding relevant features in the data. For this reason one important goal is to find a minimum number of lines which can repr...

our ancestors without fear, worry and anxiety are not our ancestors, as organisms without defense systems were extinct. therefore, while behavior such as fear and anxiety are useful to prevent harm, the exaggerated form, that is, anxiety disorders, has more costs than benefits. likewise, while a panic attack is a normal and useful response in the face of life-threatening danger, a panic disorde...