Removing GPS collar bias in habitat selection studies

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-212

  Frair, Jacqueline L ^a   Nielsen, Scott E ^a   Merrill, Evelyn H ^a   Lele, Subhash R ^a   Boyce, Mark S ^a   Munro, Robin H M ^b   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^b   Beyer, Hawthorne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Foothills Model Forest Grizzly B   (Canada)

Author keywords

GPS bias; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Radio telemetry; Resource selection function; Sample weights

Indexed keywords

GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SAMPLING BIAS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942494884     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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