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The physics of foraging
an introduction to random searches and biological encounters
%A Viswanathan, Gandhimohan M.
%A Luz, Marcos G. E. da
%A Raposo, Ernesto P.
%A Stanley, H. Eugene
%7 1. publ.
%I Cambridge Univ. Press
%@ 9781107006799
%K Animal behavior Mathematical models
%K Home range (Animal geography) Mathematical models
%K Biological invasions Mathematical models
%K Animal ecology Mathematical models
%K Appetitive Behavior
%K Biophysical Phenomena
%K Ecology
%K Models, Statistical
%K Animal behavior
%K Mathematical models
%K Home range (Animal geography)
%K Biological invasions
%K Animal ecology
%K Nahrungserwerb
%K Biomechanik
%K Statistische Physik
%D 2011
%X Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: Movement: 1. Empirical motivation for studying movement; 2. Statistical physics of biological motion; 3. Random walks and Lévy flights; 4. Wandering albatrosses; Part II. Experimental Findings: 5. Early studies; 6. Evidence of anomalous diffusion; 7. Human dispersal; 8. How strong is the evidence?; Part III. Theory of Foraging: 9. Optimizing encounter rates; 10. Lévy flight foraging; 11. Other search models; Part IV. Finale: A Broader Context: 12. Superdiffusive random searches; 13. Adaptational versus emergent superdiffusion; 14. Perspectives and open problems; Appendices; References; Index
%X Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: Movement: 1. Empirical motivation for studying movement; 2. Statistical physics of biological motion; 3. Random walks and Le;vy flights; 4. Wandering albatrosses; Part II. Experimental Findings: 5. Early studies; 6. Evidence of anomalous diffusion; 7. Human dispersal; 8. How strong is the evidence?; Part III. Theory of Foraging: 9. Optimizing encounter rates; 10. Le;vy flight foraging; 11. Other search models; Part IV. Finale: A Broader Context: 12. Superdiffusive random searches; 13. Adaptational versus emergent superdiffusion; 14. Perspectives and open problems; Appendices; References; Index.
%C Cambridge Univ. Press
%C Cambridge [u.a.]
%U http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2