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Modeling the searching behavior of social monkeys

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  • Boyer, D.
  • Miramontes, O.
  • Ramos-Fernández, G.
  • Mateos, J.L.
  • Cocho, G.

Abstract

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 Lévy distributions for the length of the steps.

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  • Boyer, D. & Miramontes, O. & Ramos-Fernández, G. & Mateos, J.L. & Cocho, G., 2004. "Modeling the searching behavior of social monkeys," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 342(1), pages 329-335.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:342:y:2004:i:1:p:329-335
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.04.091
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    1. Cédric Sueur & Léa Briard & Odile Petit, 2011. "Individual Analyses of Lévy Walk in Semi-Free Ranging Tonkean Macaques (Macaca tonkeana)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(10), pages 1-8, October.

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