Overturning conclusions of Lévy flight movement patterns by fishing boats and foraging animals

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1247-1257

  Edwards, Andrew M ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIC; Fisheries management; L vy flight; Likelihood; Movement patterns; Optimal foraging strategy; Power laws; Random walk

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; MOVEMENT; POISSON RATIO; POWER LAW; RANDOM WALK METHOD; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; JACKAL; LOCOMOTION; PHOCA; REINDEER; SHIP; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERIES; JACKALS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REINDEER; SEALS, EARLESS; SHIPS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959860811     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1182.1     Document Type: Article

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