Searching behavior and use of sampling information by free-ranging bison (Bos bison)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-203

  Fortin, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area concentrated search; Bison; Correlated random walk; Intensive and extensive search modes; Reference windows

Indexed keywords

FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RANDOM WALK METHOD; UNGULATE;

BISON; BISON BISON; BISON BISON BISON; BOS; BOS BISON; BUBALUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0038148297     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0599-y     Document Type: Article

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