A geographic information system method for estimating home range size

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 748-755

  Ostro, Linde E T ^a   Young, Truman P ^b   Silver, Scott C ^c   Koontz, Fred W ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta pigra; Belize; Black howler monkey; Digitized polygon; GIS; Home range; Method; Primate

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032965161     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802665     Document Type: Article

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