Multiple movement modes by large herbivores at multiple spatiotemporal scales

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 19114-19119

  Fryxell, John M ^a   Hazell, Megan ^a   Börger, Luca ^a   Dalziel, Ben D ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^b   Morales, Juan M ^c   McIntosh, Therese ^d   Rosatte, Rick C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elk; Foraging; Group formation; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; FORAGING; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIALIZATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; ONTARIO; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 58049194276     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801737105     Document Type: Article

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