An automated method to derive habitat preferences of wildlife in GIS and telemetry studies: A flexible software tool and examples of its application

Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-232

  Huettmann, F ^a   Linke, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; GLM (Generalized Linear Models); Resource Selection Functions (RSF); SPLUS software tool; Wildlife habitat preferences; Wildlife telemetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141959018     PISSN: 00442887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02189740     Document Type: Article

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