%0 Journal Article %1 atkinson2002scalefree %A Atkinson, R. P. D. %A Rhodes, C. J. %A MacDonald, D. W. %A Anderson, R. M. %D 2002 %I Nordic Society Oikos %J Oikos %K Levy_walk foraging_motions fractal_landscape long_distance_dispersal %N 1 %P pp. 134-140 %T Scale-Free Dynamics in the Movement Patterns of Jackals %U http://www.jstor.org/stable/3547620 %V 98 %X Using conventional radio-tracking techniques employed by field ecologists, evidence for scale-free (fractal) behaviour in the foraging trajectories of a species of African jackal is presented. It is believed that the particular form of foraging strategy observed here is a response by the jackal to its need to locate resources in an unpredictable environment. The methods used in this study are completely general and can be applied to other radio-tracked species, thus beginning a systematic investigation of foraging strategies in mammals.

@article{atkinson2002scalefree, abstract = {Using conventional radio-tracking techniques employed by field ecologists, evidence for scale-free (fractal) behaviour in the foraging trajectories of a species of African jackal is presented. It is believed that the particular form of foraging strategy observed here is a response by the jackal to its need to locate resources in an unpredictable environment. The methods used in this study are completely general and can be applied to other radio-tracked species, thus beginning a systematic investigation of foraging strategies in mammals.}, added-at = {2013-08-21T20:20:19.000+0200}, author = {Atkinson, R. P. D. and Rhodes, C. J. and MacDonald, D. W. and Anderson, R. M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2abd8e6c922c9d92890f85d70930d8b4b/peter.ralph}, interhash = {bed3771eb03c31b260e2e60b3943ff6b}, intrahash = {abd8e6c922c9d92890f85d70930d8b4b}, issn = {00301299}, journal = {Oikos}, keywords = {Levy_walk foraging_motions fractal_landscape long_distance_dispersal}, language = {English}, number = 1, pages = {pp. 134-140}, publisher = {Nordic Society Oikos}, timestamp = {2013-08-21T20:20:20.000+0200}, title = {Scale-Free Dynamics in the Movement Patterns of Jackals}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3547620}, volume = 98, year = 2002 }