Mixed conditional logistic regression for habitat selection studies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 548-555

  Duchesne, Thierry ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^a   Courbin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control location sampling; Farmland; Global positioning system; Likelihoodratio test; Mixed multinomial logit model; Prince albert national park; Spatially explicit landscape event simulator

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST COVER; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SELECTION; RUMINANT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUFFALO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BISON; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

CANADA; PRINCE ALBERT NATIONAL PARK; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON BISON;

EID: 77954009292     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01670.x     Document Type: Article

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