Animal behaviour is an endless challenge to mathematical modellers. In the first of two features, Mark Buchanan looks at how a mathematical principle from physics might be able to explain patterns of movement. In this, the second, Arran Frood asks what current models can teach us about ecological networks half a billion years old.
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Arran Frood is a UK-based science writer. See News Feature, page 714.
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Frood, A. Palaeobiology: The Cambrian smorgasbord. Nature 453, 717–718 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453717a
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