Monitoring activity of Rocky Mountain elk using recording accelerometers

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1108-1113

  Naylor, Leslie M ^a,b   Kie, John G ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Actiwatch ; Behavior; Cervus elaphus; Rocky Mountain elk

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; UNGULATE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 15544378880     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1108:MAORME]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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