How to reliably estimate the tortuosity of an animal's path: Straightness, sinuosity, or fractal dimension?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-220

  Benhamou, Simon ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fractal; Orientation; Random Search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FRACTALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942661690     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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