The interpretation of habitat preference metrics under use-availability desians

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1550, 2010, Pages 2245-2254

  Beyer, Hawthorne L ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^a   Morales, Juan M ^b   Frair, Jacqueline L ^c   Hebblewhite, Mark ^d   Mitchell, Michael ^e   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional response; Habitat preference; Movement; Resource selection; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FAUNISTICS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE SELECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955180866     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0083     Document Type: Review

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