A general random walk model for the leptokurtic distribution of organism movement: Theory and application

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 79-88

  Zhang, Xiaoxian ^a   Johnson, Scott N ^b   Crawford, John W ^a   Gregory, Peter J ^b   Young, Iain M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractional diffusion equation; Leptokurtic distribution; Random walk model

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SOILS;

FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATION; LEPTOKURTIC DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM WALK MODEL; ROOT FEEDING WEEVIL;

BIOMECHANICS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; RANDOM WALK METHOD; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; NOCOMIS LEPTOCEPHALUS; SITONA LEPIDUS;

EID: 33751531899     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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