Comparative space use and habitat selection of moose around feeding stations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Van Beest, Floris M ^a,b   Loe, Leif Egil ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^b   Milner, Jos M ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Central place foraging; Deer; Diversionary winter feeding; Habitat use; Mixed effect logistic regression; Resource selection function; Southern Norway

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANTATION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPACE USE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 76349115150     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-109     Document Type: Article

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