A comparison of distance-based and classification-based analyses of habitat use

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 526-531

  Conner, L Mike ^a   Smith, Mark D ^b   Burger, L Wesley ^b  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Euclidean distance; Habitat analysis; Habitat selection; Habitat use; Multivariate analysis; Northern Bobwhite; Radio telemetry; Telemetry bias; Triangulation error

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0041813224     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0526:ACODBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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