An individual-based method to measure animal activity levels: A test on brown bears

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1314-1319

  Gervasi, Vincenzo ^a,b   Brunberg, Sven ^c   Swenson, Jon E ^d,e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project   (Italy)

^c Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activity levels; Brown bear; Dual axis sensor; GPS collar; Radiotelemetry; Sweden; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEAR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BOREAL FOREST; GPS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOVEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33846847559     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1314:AIMTMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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