Correlation and studies of habitat selection: Problem, red herring or opportunity?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1550, 2010, Pages 2233-2244

  Fieberg, John ^a   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^b   Hebblewhite, Mark ^c   Boyce, Mark S ^d   Frair, Jacqueline L ^e  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized estimating equation; Generalized linear mixed model; Hierarchical model; Resource selection function; Telemetry; Use availability

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FAUNISTICS; HABITAT SELECTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 77955185926     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0079     Document Type: Review

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