Fractal analysis can explain individual variation in dispersal search paths

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1428-1438

  Doerr, Veronica A J ^a   Doerr, Erik D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Animal movement; Climacteridae; Climateris picumnus; Cormobates leucophaeus; Dispersal; Fractal analysis; Individual variability; Radiotelemetry; Search behavior; Treecreepers

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MOVEMENT; PASSERINE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; CLIMACTERIDAE; CORMOBATES; CORMOBATES LEUCOPHAEUS; PASSERIFORMES; PICUMNUS;

EID: 4444347612     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0015     Document Type: Review

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