Habitat selection at two spatial scales and diurnal activity patterns of adult female forest buffalo

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-125

  Korte, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Station d'Etudes des Gorilles et Chimpanzs   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Animal movement; Distance analysis; Gabon; Habitat selection; Local convex hull (LoCoH) home range estimation; Lop National Park; Minimum convex polygon (MCP); Space use; Syncerus caffer nanus

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RUMINANT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; GABON; LOPE NATIONAL PARK; OGOOUE IVINDO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; SYNCERUS CAFFER CAFFER; SYNCERUS CAFFER NANUS;

EID: 39749193938     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-423.1     Document Type: Article

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