Eleonora Gatti

The Economy of Decision Making in Animal Movement

Eleonora is a statistical physicist whose research investigates the energetic foundations of movement decisions. Her work contributes to the development of Optimal Movement Theory, examining how animals balance the energetic rewards of environmental subsidies with the mechanical costs and uncertainty associated with reaching them. By combining theoretical modelling with empirical movement data from soaring systems, she studies how social information can reduce uncertainty and alter the expected payoffs of movement decisions in dynamic energy landscapes.

Relevant papers

• Gatti E., Reina A., Williams H. J. 2025. Energetic benefits of social information for movement in patchy landscapes. Interface. 23(240)