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Lévy flights and superdiffusion in the context of biological encounters and random searches
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- Authors
- Viswanathan, G. M., Raposo, E. P., & da Luz, M. G. E.
- Venue
- Physics of Life Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 133-150
- ISSN
- 1571-0645 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2008260787
- Cited by
- 451
- References
- 45
- FWCI
- 7.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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