Home range size and location in relation to reproductive resources in poison frogs (Dendrobatidae): a Monte Carlo approach using GIS data

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 547-554

  Brown, Jason L ^a   Morales, Victor ^b   Summers, Kyle ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD RICARDO PALMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Dendrobates imitator; Dendrobates variabilis; Dendrobatidae; GIS; home range; kernel; minimum convex polygon; parental care; phytotelmata; Poison frog; Ranitomeya

Indexed keywords

FROG; GIS; HOME RANGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANURA; DENDROBATES; DENDROBATES IMITATOR; DENDROBATES VENTRIMACULATUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 58349115381     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.002     Document Type: Note

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