Route optimisation and solving Zermelo's navigation problem during long distance migration in cross flows

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-143

  Hays, Graeme C ^a,b   Christensen, Asbjørn ^c   Fossette, Sabrina ^b,d   Schofield, Gail ^a,b   Talbot, Julian ^e   Mariani, Patrizio ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Migration; Navigation; Optimal route finding; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATA SET; DISPLACEMENT; GPS; MIGRATION; NAVIGATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; TELEMETRY; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIGRATION; NAVIGATION; OPTIMAL ROUTE FINDING; POPULATION MIGRATION; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

EVOLUTION; MIGRATION; NAVIGATION; OPTIMAL ROUTE FINDING; TELEMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURTLES;

EID: 84891487012     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12219     Document Type: Article

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