Robust hierarchical state-space models reveal diel variation in travel rates of migrating leatherback turtles

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1046-1057

  Jonsen, Ian D ^a   Myers, Ransom A ^a   James, Michael C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Dermochelys coriacea; Measurement error; Process uncertainty; Random walk

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SATELLITE SENSOR; STATISTICAL CONCEPT; TELEMETRY; TRAVEL TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY; TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33746856205     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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