no code implementations • 27 Jul 2021 • Ron R. Togunov, Andrew E. Derocher, Nicholas J. Lunn, Marie Auger-Méthé
We propose a biased correlated random walk model that can identify menotactic behaviours by predicting turning angle as a trade-off between directional persistence and directional bias relative to environmental stimuli without making a priori assumptions about the angle of bias.
no code implementations • 11 Jan 2021 • Peter R. Thompson, Andrew E. Derocher, Mark A. Edwards, Mark A. Lewis
Here we describe a model that accounts for the memory of seasonal or ephemeral qualities of an animal's environment.