Lévy walk patterns in the foraging movements of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-230

  Ramos Fernández, Gabriel ^a,d   Mateos, José L ^a   Miramontes, Octavio ^a   Cocho, Germinal ^a   Larralde, Hernán ^b   Ayala Orozco, Bárbara ^c  

^a Instituto de Fisica   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Foraging; L vy walks; Scale invariance; Spider monkeys

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POWER LAW; PRIMATE;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ATELES; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; PRIMATES;

EID: 4043118128     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0700-6     Document Type: Article

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