Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour
Many free- ranging predators have to make foraging decisions with little, if any, knowledge of present resource distribution and availability(1). The optimal search strategy they should use to maximize encounter rates with prey in heterogeneous natural environments remains a largely unresolved issue...
Published in: | Nature |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2008
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Online Access: | https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/scaling-laws-of-marine-predator-search-behaviour(d859db95-0f1b-4004-80bc-d02c3820daeb).html https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06518 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=39849092398&partnerID=8YFLogxK |