Classifying movement behaviour in relation to environmental conditions using hidden Markov models

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1113-1123

  Patterson, Toby A ^a,b   Basson, Marinelle ^a   Bravington, Mark V ^a   Gunn, John S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archival and satellite tags; Behavioural analysis; Bluefin tuna; Hidden Markov models

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARKOV CHAIN; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER; TAGGING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROBABILITY; SPACE FLIGHT; TUNA;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPACECRAFT; TUNA;

ANIMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 70350009700     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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