Of scales and stationarity in animal movements

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-272

  Benhamou, Simon ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion advection; Home range; L vy walk; Navigation; Pattern and process; Random walk; Searching modes; Space use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NAVIGATION; SPACE USE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STOCHASTICITY; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION-ADVECTION; ENVIRONMENT; HOME RANGE; LÉVY WALK; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NAVIGATION; PATTERN AND PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM WALK; SEARCHING MODES; SPACE USE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIFFUSION-ADVECTION; HOME RANGE; LÉVY WALK; NAVIGATION; PATTERN AND PROCESS; RANDOM WALK; SEARCHING MODES; SPACE USE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892668893     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12225     Document Type: Article

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