Eliminating autocorrelation reduces biological relevance of home range estimates

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-234

  De Solla, Shane R ^a   Bonduriansky, Russell ^a   Brooks, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chelydra serpentina; Kernel density estimation; Monte Carlo; Protopiophila litigata; Statistical independence

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; HOME RANGE;

EID: 0032994862     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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