Adjusting for radiotelemetry error to improve estimates of habitat use

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 555, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Findholt, Scott L ^a   Johnson, Bruce K ^a   McDonald, Lyman L ^b   Kern, John W ^d   Ager, Alan ^c   Stussy, Rosemary J ^a   Bryant, Larry D ^e  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c Umatilla National Forest   (United States)

^d Kern Statistical Services Inc   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated tracking; Error neighborhood; Habitat selection; LORAN C; Oregon; Principal components analysis; Radiotelemetry location error; Starkey

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HABITAT USE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646990409     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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