Animal movement, search strategies and behavioural ecology: A cross-disciplinary way forward

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 906-909

  Giuggioli, Luca ^a   Bartumeus, Frederic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Movement ecology; Optimal foraging; Probabilistic models; Search strategies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 77957656371     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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