A comparison of two modeling approaches for evaluating wildlifehabitat relationships

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-302

  Long, Ryan A ^a   Muir, Jonathan D ^a,d   Rachlow, Janet L ^a   Kie, John G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elk; Habitat modeling; Logistic regression; Mule deer; Multiple regression; Resource selection function; Resource utilization function; Spatial autocorrelation; Utilization distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MODEL TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

OREGON; STARKEY EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 77749252312     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-052     Document Type: Article

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