Using high fix rate GPS data to determine the relationships between fix rate, prediction errors and patch selection

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 273-279

  Swain, D L ^a   Wark, T ^a   Bishop Hurley, G J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cattle; Grazing; Landscape use; Resource selection; Spatial selection

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

LANDSCAPE USE; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIAL SELECTION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; DATA; GPS; GRAZING; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOVEMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 39649104549     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.027     Document Type: Article

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