Modeling the searching behavior of social monkeys

被引：51
作者：
Boyer, D
Miramontes, O
Ramos-Fernández, G
Mateos, JL
Cocho, G
机构：
[1] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Dept Sistemas Complejos, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico
[2] Pronatura Peninsula Yucatan, Merida 97070, Yucatan, Mexico
来源：
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS | 2004年 / 342卷 / 1-2期
关键词：
biological physics; foraging; random walks;
D O I：
10.1016/j.physa.2004.04.091
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
We discuss various features of the trajectories of spider monkeys looking for food in a tropical forest, as observed recently in an extensive in situ study. Some of the features observed can be interpreted as the result of social interactions. In addition, a simple model of deterministic walk in a random environment reproduces the observed angular correlations between successive steps, and in some cases, the emergence of Levy distributions for the length of the steps. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：329 / 335
页数：7
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