Finding Their Place in the World by Jonathan Potts, PhD student Biological Sciences. In nature, many animals are territorial. To model the process behind this phenomenon, simulated animals were 'let loose', and their movements monitored. As they avoided others’ 'scent-markings', the area became segregated into territories. The plot shows the territories that emerged from this process. Each colour denotes an individual animal. The deeper the colour, the more the animal used that area.
Picture: JONATHAN POTTS
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