Using animal movement paths to measure response to spatial scale

Oecologia

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-188

  Nams, Vilis O ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domain; Fractal; Heterogeneity; Hierarchy; Tortuousity

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; SCALE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; MURIDAE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS;

EID: 17044405533     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1804-z     Document Type: Article

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