Gennaro presented his joint work with Philippe Chatelain and Renaud Ronsse during this years' exciting conference organized by the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
Modern high-resolution technology allows tracking migrating birds over long distances. Depending on species, duration of displacement, environmental conditions, social organization, etc., different flock topology and flight dynamics arise.
The current work focuses on flapping flight. In particular, it intends to unveil observed flock spatio-temporal synchronization through the quantification of the mechanical power required for flying in group - and related disparity in energy consumption between leader and follower.