Scale and heterogeneity in habitat selection by elk in Yellowstone National Park

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-431

  Boyce, Mark S ^a   Mao, Julie S ^a   Merrill, Evelyn H ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^a   Turner, Monica G ^b   Fryxell, John ^c   Turchin, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Cervus canadensis; Ecological models; Elk; Extent; Functional response; Habitat ecology; Heterogeneity; Logistic regression; Resource selection functions; Scale; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FORAGE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CERVUS; CERVUS CANADENSIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0348226465     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682790     Document Type: Article

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