Foraging flights: Discovering the feeding patterns of the albatross could lead to a broader understanding of optimization strategies in human behavior and business

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3202-3204

  Ornes, Stephen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBATROSS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; FORAGING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEVY FLIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; FLYING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FRACTALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ISLANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877129588     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301980110     Document Type: Article

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