Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators
Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators
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Humphries, Nicolas E. , Queiroz, Nuno , Dyer, Jennifer R. M. , Pade, Nicolas G. , Musyl, Michael K. , Schaefer, Kurt M. , Fuller, Daniel W. , Brunnschweiler, Juerg M. , Doyle, Thomas K. , Houghton, Jonathan D. R. , Hays, Graeme C. , Jones, Catherine S. , Noble, Leslie R. , Wearmouth, Victoria J. , Southall, Emily J. and Sims, David W.
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Patterns of predation
What is the best way to find food in a habitat where food sources are patchy and unpredictable? Theory suggests that organisms hunting for food should adopt a Lévy-flight search strategy, a variant of a 'random walk' in which short exploratory hops are interspersed with occasional longer trips. But when predators find thems...
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Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators
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Queiroz, Nuno
Dyer, Jennifer R. M.
Pade, Nicolas G.
Musyl, Michael K.
Schaefer, Kurt M.
Fuller, Daniel W.
Brunnschweiler, Juerg M.
Doyle, Thomas K.
Houghton, Jonathan D. R.
Hays, Graeme C.
Jones, Catherine S.
Noble, Leslie R.
Wearmouth, Victoria J.
Southall, Emily J.
Sims, David W.
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_876229005
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_876229005
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature09116
