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Stochastic Foundations in Movement Ecology

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The topic of cell motility can be actually seen as many fields into one, due to the diversity of perspectives from which it can be studied. Significant advances, for example, in the imaging techniques both in vivo and in vitro have lead in the last decades to an increasing understanding of the biophysical and molecular aspects of cell movement. Such aspects have been beautifully compiled in the book by Dennis Bray [10]. More physical approaches have also been explored, with the emphasis frequently put in the diffusion properties of cells in combination with hydrodynamic aspects to explain motility in liquid media.

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Méndez, V., Campos, D., Bartumeus, F. (2014). Cell Motility. In: Stochastic Foundations in Movement Ecology. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39010-4_7

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