F. van Breugel

Wind Gates Olfaction Driven Search States in Free Flight

This study shows Drosophila melanogaster use wind direction and deceleration to adjust their search strategies during olfactory tracking in different airflow conditions.

Odor source distance is predictable from a time-history of odor statistics for large scale outdoor plumes

The paper shows that odor source distance can be estimated from time-history odor statistics in outdoor environments with median errors of 3-8 meters.

Near-surface wind variability over spatiotemporal scales relevant to plume tracking insects

This study characterizes near-surface wind dynamics across different environments to understand their relevance to insect odor plume tracking.

Active Anemosensing Hypothesis: How Flying Insects Could Estimate Ambient Wind Direction Through Sensory Integration & Active Movement

The paper proposes a framework for estimating ambient wind direction through sensory integration and active movement in flying insects, validated with drones and simulations.

Correlated decision making across multiple phases of olfactory guided search in Drosophila

This study investigates how Drosophila's in-flight odor plume tracking relates to their on-foot local search behavior, finding a correlation between search distance and time between visits.

The long-distance flight behavior of Drosophila suggests a general model for wind-assisted dispersal in insects.

This study investigates how Drosophila melanogaster disperses using wind-assisted flight, finding that their behavior follows a specific model rather than a Lévy flight pattern.