Covariates affecting spatial variability in bison travel behavior in Yellowstone National Park

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1411-1423

  Bruggeman, Jason E ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a   White, P J ^b   Watson, Fred G R ^c   Wallen, Rick ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike Information Criterion (AIC); Bison; Bison bison; Global Positioning System (GPS); Resource selection; Road grooming; Roads and travel corridors; Spatial dynamics; Ungulate movements; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GPS; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE SELECTION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BISON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WYOMING;

EID: 34848891917     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0196.1     Document Type: Article

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