A multi-patch use of the habitat: Testing the First-Passage Time analysis on roe deer Capreolus capreolus paths

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-349

  Le Corre, Mael ^a   Pellerin, Maryline ^a   Pinaud, David ^a   Van Laere, Guy ^b   Fritz, Hervé ^a,c   Saïd, Sonia ^b  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Capreolus capreolus; First Passage Time analysis; Roe deer; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 54049147774     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[339:AMUOTH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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