The attraction of the known: The importance of spatial familiarity in habitat selection in wapiti Cervus elaphus

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-410

  Wolf, Mosheh ^a,b   Frair, Jacqui ^c,d   Merrill, Evelyn ^c   Turchin, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEER; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; HOME RANGE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 67649973840     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2008.05626.x     Document Type: Article

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