Number "animals":
50
40
30
20
10
5
Number of steps:
1000
500
200
100
50
10
Maximum angle of turn:
180
90
30
10
5
0
Steps=
Mean dispersal distance=
SD=
Start the simulation (only in Netscape 3.0 +) by clicking [Simulate]. The simulation runs for the number of chosen steps, unless you stop it. The animals move at 1 unit/move outward from a release point. Change the maximum angle of turning (right or left; 0 degrees is straight ahead, 180 degrees is purely random).
Simulation of Animal Dispersal
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