Optimal use of resources structures home ranges and spatial distribution of black bears

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-230

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

area minimizing; black bear; landscape; optimal home range; resource depression; resource maximizing; resources; southern Appalachians; spatially explicit, individual based model; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PISGAH BEAR SANCTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 34547849708     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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