Individual analyses of Lévy walk in semi-free ranging Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana).

Animals adapt their movement patterns to their environment in order to maximize their efficiency when searching for food. The Lévy walk and the Brownian walk are two types of random movement found in different species. Studies have shown that these random movements can switch from a Brownian to a Lé...

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Main Authors: Cédric Sueur, Léa Briard, Odile Petit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3202576?pdf=render