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The physics of foraging : an introduction to random searches and biological encounters /
"Do the movements of animals, including humans, follow patterns that can be described quantitatively by simple laws of motion? If so, then why? These questions have attracted the attention of scientists in many disciplines, and stimulated debates ranging from ecological matters to queries such...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Do the movements of animals, including humans, follow patterns that can be described quantitatively by simple laws of motion? If so, then why? These questions have attracted the attention of scientists in many disciplines, and stimulated debates ranging from ecological matters to queries such as 'how can there be free will if one follows a law of motion?' This is the first book on this rapidly evolving subject, introducing random searches and foraging in a way that can be understood by readers without a previous background on the subject. It reviews theory as well as experiment, addresses open problems and perspectives, and discusses applications ranging from the colonization of Madagascar by Austronesians to the diffusion of genetically modified crops. The book will interest physicists working in the field of anomalous diffusion and movement ecology as well as ecologists already familiar with the concepts and methods of statistical physics"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 164 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-160) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139093170 1139093177 9780511902680 0511902689 9781139092142 1139092146 9781139091251 1139091255 1107221617 9781107221611 1283127539 9781283127530 9786613127532 6613127531 1139092650 9781139092654 1139090348 9781139090346 |