Extracting more out of relocation data: Building movement models as mixtures of random walks

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2436-2445

  Morales, Juan Manuel ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^b   Frair, Jacqui ^c   Holsinger, Kent E ^a   Fryxell, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Cervus elaphus; GPS collars; Landscape; Movement models; Random walks; Redistribution kernel; Relocation data; Spatial scale; Switching behavior; Wapiti; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; MOVEMENT; RANDOM WALK METHOD; RELOCATION; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 5344274619     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0269     Document Type: Article

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