Temporal scales, trade-offs, and functional responses in red deer habitat selection

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 699-710

  Godvik, Inger Maren Rivrud ^a   Loe, Leif Egil ^a   Vik, Jon Olav ^a,c   Veiberg, Vebjørn ^a,b   Langvatn, Rolf ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Habitat selection; Large mammals; Mixed effects logistic regression; Norway; Red deer; Resource selection functions; Resource use; Trade offs; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CROP DAMAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; PASTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; UNGULATE; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMETRY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORWAY; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 63849113916     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0576.1     Document Type: Article

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