Estimating territory and home-range sizes: Do singing locations alone provide an accurate estimate of space use?

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 626-634

  Anich, Nicholas M ^a,b   Benson, Thomas J ^a,c   Bednarz, James C ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 2414 Fellman Circle ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Home range size; Limnothlypis swainsonii; Radiotelemetry; Spot mapping; Swainson's Warbler; Territory mapping; Territory size

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SONGBIRD; SPACE USE; TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LIMNOTHLYPIS SWAINSONII; PASSERI;

EID: 72449186624     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08219     Document Type: Article

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