A transport equation model and diffusion approximation for the walk of whirligig beetles

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Abstract

The circular walk of whirligig beetles, in the absence of swarming behaviour, is described by a coupled system of transport equations. For this system, an approximate description is derived in the form of coupled damped wave equations and ultimately in the form of a scalar diffusion equation. The resulting diffusion coefficient is quite different from what one would get for a walk on straight lines with tumbling (as in bacterial motion). © 2011 Taylor & Francis.

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Hadeler, K. P. (2011). A transport equation model and diffusion approximation for the walk of whirligig beetles. Journal of Biological Dynamics, 5(5), 368–375. https://doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2010.513454

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