Animal movement in dynamic landscapes: Interaction between behavioural strategies and resource distributions

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 465-477

  Roshier, David A ^a   Doerr, Veronica A J ^b,c   Doerr, Erik D ^b,c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anas gracilis; Animal movement; Fractals; Landscape heterogeneity; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISPERSAL; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT; TORTUOSITY; WATERFOWL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUCK; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANAS GRACILIS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 43049112732     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0987-0     Document Type: Article

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