Factors influencing female home range sizes in elk (Cervus elaphus) in North American landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-271

  Anderson, Dean P ^a   Forester, James D ^a   Turner, Monica G ^a   Frair, Jacqui L ^b   Merrill, Evelyn H ^b   Fortin, Daniel ^c   Mao, Julie S ^b   Boyce, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Forage; Heterogeneity; Home range kernel; Scale; Snow water equivalent

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 21244490819     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-0062-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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