Efficient or inaccurate? Analytical and numerical modelling of random search strategies

DOI10.1007/S11538-009-9473-ZzbMath1191.92079OpenAlexW2126626774WikidataQ51775138 ScholiaQ51775138MaRDI QIDQ977692

Michael J. Plank, Jonathan William Pitchford, Alex Pappachen James

Publication date: 23 June 2010

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-009-9473-z

zbMATH Keywords

random walkforagingLévy walkpatchy environmentcruise predationsaltatory predation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic models, generic numerical methods in probability and statistics (65C20) Ecology (92D40) Animal behavior (92D50)

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Uses Software

• plfit

Cites Work

• Prey patchiness, predator survival and fish recruitment
• Lévy Processes, Saltatory Foraging, and Superdiffusion
• Power-Law Distributions in Empirical Data
• Lévy flights search patterns of biological organisms

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