Estimating habitat selection when GPS fix success is less than 100%

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2956-2962

  Nielson, Ryan M ^a   Manly, Bryan F J ^a   Mcdonald, Lyman L ^a   Sawyer, Hall ^a   Mcdonald, Trent L ^a  

^a WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Detection; Fix success; Global positioning system (GPS); Habitat selection; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Patch occupancy; Resource selection function (RSF); Wyoming big sage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DEER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; STACHYS MACRANTHA;

EID: 70349934586     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1562.1     Document Type: Article

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