Fitting probability distributions to animal movement trajectories: Using artificial neural networks to link distance, resources, and memory

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-258

  Dalziel, Benjamin D ^a   Morales, Juan M ^b   Fryxell, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Cervus canadensis; Elk; Model; Random walk; Resource selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEER; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MEMORY; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; REINTRODUCTION; RESOURCE SELECTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; CERVUS CANADENSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ONTARIO;

EID: 49849098016     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589448     Document Type: Article

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