Mechanistic analysis of the search behaviour of Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 92, 2014, Pages

  Salvador, Liliana C M ^a,b,c   Bartumeus, Frederic ^b,d   Levin, Simon A ^a   Ryu, William S ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d CREAF   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Environmental uncertainty; Reorientation patterns; Search behaviour; Stochasticity; Superdiffusion

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; REORIENTATION PATTERNS; SEARCH BEHAVIOURS; STOCHASTICITY; SUPERDIFFUSION;

BIOPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; WORM; ANIMAL; APPETITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REORIENTATION PATTERNS; SEARCH BEHAVIOUR; STOCHASTICITY; SUPERDIFFUSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; REORIENTATION PATTERNS; SEARCH BEHAVIOUR; STOCHASTICITY; SUPERDIFFUSION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION;

EID: 84893102611     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1092     Document Type: Article

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