A mechanistic home range model for optimal use of spatially distributed resources

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 209-232

  Mitchell, Michael S ^a   Powell, Roger A ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area minimizing; Carrying capacity; Individual based model; Landscape; Limiting resources; Optimal home range; Patch; Resource depression; Resource distribution; Resource threshold; Resource minimizing; Spatially explicit

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOME RANGE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042723376     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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