Summer habitat preferences of GPS-collared reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Skarin, Anna ^a   Danell, Öje ^a   Bergström, Roger ^b   Moen, Jon ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fixed kernel estimation; GPS collar; Herd behaviour; Large herbivore; Multiple regressions; Utilisation distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 43049116137     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[1:SHPOGR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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