02284nam a22003378a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141040002400170050002700194082001400221100004300235245020500278264005200483300005900535336002600594337002600620338003600646500007300682520096000755650002401715700003501739700003301774700003301807776003501840856007101875CR9780511902680UkCbUP20180107143415.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100727s2011||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511902680 (ebook)  z9781107006799 (hardback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aQL751.65.M3 bP49 201100a591.52221 aViswanathan, Gandhimohan. M.,eauthor.14aThe Physics of Foraging :bAn Introduction to Random Searches and Biological Encounters / [electronic resource]cGandhimohan. M. Viswanathan, Marcos G. E. da Luz, Ernesto P. Raposo, H. Eugene Stanley. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (178 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aDo 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. 0aAppetitive Behavior1 ada Luz, Marcos G. E.,eauthor.1 aRaposo, Ernesto P.,eauthor.1 aStanley, H. Eugene,eauthor.08iPrint version: z978110700679940uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511902680zCambridge Books Online