Lévy Flights in Dobe Ju/'hoansi Foraging Patterns
We analyzed data on Ju/'hoansi hunter—gatherer foraging patterns and found that their movements between residence camps can be modeled as a Lévy flight. The step lengths of their movements scale as a power law with an exponent μ=1.97. Their wait times (residence times) at the camps also scale a...
Veröffentlicht in: | Human Ecology. - Springer, 1972. - 35(2007), 1, Seite 129-138 |
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2007
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Human Ecology |
Schlagworte: | Lévy flights hunter—gatherers optimal foraging theory Ju/'hoansi Behavioral sciences Applied sciences Mathematics Social sciences Biological sciences |
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