Using the satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to explain ranging patterns in a lek-breeding antelope: The importance of scale

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-182

  Bro Jørgensen, Jakob ^a,b   Brown, Molly E ^c   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Mating behaviour; Satellite vegetation data; Territoriality; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DEER; MATING BEHAVIOR; NDVI; PASTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; KENYA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; KENYA; MALE; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 53549120492     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1121-z     Document Type: Article

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