Using fractal analyses to characterize movement paths of white-tailed deer and response to spatial scale

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1210-1217

  Webb, Stephen L ^a   Riffell, Samuel K ^a   Gee, Kenneth L ^b   Demarais, Stephen ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conception; Fractal dimension; Global positioning system collars; Home range; Movements; Odocoileus virginianus; Parturition; Spatial scale; Tortuosity; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GPS; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOVEMENT; PARTURITION; TORTUOSITY;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 70350497388     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-278.1     Document Type: Article

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