Home range estimates vary with sample size and methods

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Boyle, Sarah A ^a,b,c   Lourenço, Waldete C ^b   Da Silva, Lívia R ^b   Smith, Andrew T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Ivy Tech   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive kernel; Chiropotes; Day range; Fixed kernel; Home range; Minimum convex polygon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PITHECIIDAE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; PITHECIIDAE; SAMPLE SIZE;

CHIROPOTES; CHIROPOTES SATANAS; PITHECIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 59649094098     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201092     Document Type: Article

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