Using first-passage time in the analysis of area-restricted search and habitat selection

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 282-288

  Fauchald, Per ^a   Tveraa, Torkild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Antarctic Petrel; Dispersal; First passage time; Hierarchical foraging; Radio tracking; Random walk; Satellite telemetry; Scale; Search pattern; Thalassoica antarctica

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; THALASSOICA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0038112920     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0282:UFPTIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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