Determination of animal behavior-environment relationships by Correspondence Analysis

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-93

  De Miguel, Jose M ^a   Rodriguez, Miguel A ^b   Gomez Sal, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

cattle; dehesa; habitat preferences; Mediterranean grasslands; multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; ANIMAL-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; HABITAT PREFERENCE;

SPAIN;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030617535     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002710     Document Type: Article

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