Random movements of soil amebas

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 237-248

  Levandowsky, Michael ^a   White, Benjamin S ^b   Schuster, Frederick L ^c  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Amebas; Ameboid motion; Dictyostelium; Fractals; Levy walk; Random walk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031443997     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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