Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-12

  McLoughlin, Philip D ^a   Morris, Douglas W ^b   Fortin, Daniel ^c   Vander Wal, Eric ^a   Contasti, Adrienne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control; Competition; Density dependent habitat selection; Functional response; Logistic regression; Predation; Random effects; Resource selection function; RSF

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANIMAL; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SELECTION; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 72449125277     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01613.x     Document Type: Review

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