Modeling the searching behavior of social monkeys

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

doi:10.1016/j.physa.2004.04.091

Modeling the searching behavior of social monkeys

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329-335
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume	342
Issue number	1-2 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2004.04.091
State	Published - 15 Oct 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Biological physics
Foraging
Random walks

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