The influence of turning angles on the success of non-oriented animal searches

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-55

  Bartumeus, F ^a   Catalan, J ^b   Viswanathan, G M ^c   Raposo, E P ^d   da Luz, M G E ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Correlated random walks; Diffusive properties; Foraging theory; Orientation; Random search; Turning angle distributions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41949136499     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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