Home-range estimation within complex restricted environments: Importance of method selection in detecting seasonal change

Wildlife Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-224

  Knight, Carolyn M ^a,b,c   Kenward, Robert E ^a,d,e   Gozlan, Rodolphe E ^a,e   Hodder, Kathryn H ^a,e   Walls, Sean S ^a,d,e   Lucas, Martyn C ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d IUCN SSC European Sustainable Use Specialist Group   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOME RANGE; PATCHINESS; RESERVE DESIGN; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 65249160103     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR08032     Document Type: Article

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