Using likelihood to test for Lévy flight search patterns and for general power-law distributions in nature.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Animal Ecology

• Publication date

  2008-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Mathematics, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01428.xPMID 18631370
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