Can minimum convex polygon home ranges be used to draw biologically meaningful conclusions?

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-639

  Nilsen, Erlend B ^a   Pedersen, Simen ^a   Linnell, John D C ^b  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Home range size; Kernel; MCP; Variance components analysis

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 43549125245     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0421-9     Document Type: Note

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