Mechanistic models of animal migration behaviour - their diversity, structure and use

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 498-508

  Bauer, Silke ^a,b   Klaassen, Marcel ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary methods; Game theory; Genetic algorithm; Individual based model; Neural network; Optimal migration; Stochastic dynamic model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISEASE SPREAD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GAME THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PARAMETERIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTIONARY METHODS; GAME; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NEURAL NETWORK; OPTIMAL MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC MODEL;

EVOLUTIONARY METHODS; GAME THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NEURAL NETWORK; OPTIMAL MIGRATION; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC MODEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876302679     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12054     Document Type: Review

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