Quantifying habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data: A review

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 391, Issue , 2009, Pages 165-182

  Wakefield, Ewan D ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^a   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albatross; Generalized additive model; Geolocator; GPS; Platform transmitter terminal; Satellite tracking; Spatial models; State space models

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREY AVAILABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD; SPACE USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 70349775241     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08203     Document Type: Review

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