Autocorrelation of location estimates and the analysis of radiotracking data

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1039-1044

  Otis, David L ^a   White, Gary C ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Habitat selection; Habitat use; Home range; Location estimates; Radiotelemetry; Resource selection; Sample size; Sampling statistical independence; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032789781     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802819     Document Type: Article

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