Mitigating spatial differences in observation rate of automated telemetry systems

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 958-967

  Johnson, Bruce K ^b   Ager, Alan A ^a   Findholt, Scott L ^b   Wisdom, Michael J ^c   Marx, David B ^d   Kern, John W ^e   Bryant, Larry D ^a,c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e West Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated telemetry systems; GPS; Habitat selection; LORAN C; Observation rate; Radiotelemetry; REML; Sampling bias; Semivariogram; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEMETRY; UNGULATE;

OREGON; USA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0031826079     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802548     Document Type: Article

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