An integrated approach to identify spatiotemporal and individual-level determinants of animal home range size

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-485

  Börger, Luca ^a,b,c   Franconi, Novella ^c   Ferretti, Francesco ^c   Meschi, Flora ^c   De Michele, Giampiero ^c   Gantz, Alberto ^c,d   Coulson, Tim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Animal movements; Autocorrelation; Habitat use; Roe deer; Site fidelity; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

DEER; LIFE HISTORY; RANGE SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; ITALY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEMETRY; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ITALY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; SEX FACTORS; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 33749659549     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507883     Document Type: Article

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