Bayesian Estimation of Animal Movement from Archival and Satellite Tags

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Sumner, Michael D ^a   Wotherspoon, Simon J ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY;

EID: 77949323986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007324     Document Type: Article

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