Scale-free movement patterns arising from olfactory-driven foraging.
The scale-free movement patterns of some foragers has aroused considerable excitement because they are known to optimize the success of random searches when target sites are randomly and sparsely distributed. Here it is shown that scale-free movement patterns can arise from a naive response of foragers to scent concentrations within turbulent plume structures.
Reynolds
A M
AM
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom. andy.reynolds@bbsrc.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009812:Odorants; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*