The application of discrete choice models to wildlife resource selection studies

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 566-575

  Cooper, Andrew B ^a   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Discrete choice models; Elk; GIS; Habitat selection; Habitat use; Multinomial logit; Resource selection; Spatial scales; Temporal scales

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FAUNA; RESOURCE SELECTION;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0033021491     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0566:TAODCM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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