A hierarchical pattern of limiting factors helps explain variation in home range size

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-130

  McLoughlen, Philip D ^a   Ferguson, Steven H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Brown bear; Climate; Density; Food; Hierarchy; Home range; Phylogeny; Predation; Spatial scale; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOME RANGE; LIMITING FACTOR; PREDATION;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0033919411     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682580     Document Type: Article

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