When to slow down: Elk residency rates on a heterogeneous landscape

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Anderson, Dean P ^a,d   Forester, James D ^b   Turner, Monica G ^c  

^a Northern Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Cervus elaphus; Cross validation; Heterogeneity; Life history strategies; Predation; Resource selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEER; GPS; HABITAT USE; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHEQUAMEGON NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 39749155142     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-035.1     Document Type: Article

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