Methods for assessing movement path recursion with application to African buffalo in South Africa

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2467-2479

  Bar David, Shirli ^a   Bar David, Israel ^b   Cross, Paul C ^c,d   Ryan, Sadie J ^e,f   Knechtel, Christiane U ^g   Getz, Wayne M ^g,h  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Circular path; Fourier transform; Gps; Herbivore foraging; Kruger national park; Looping; Net displacement; Periodogram; Resource recovery; South africa; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CATTLE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GPS; HERBIVORE; MOVEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPACE USE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUFFALO; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 69449095749     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1532.1     Document Type: Article

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