Modeling high-frequency position data of large herbivores with a phase-state model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2323-2329

  Ares, Jorge O ^a,b   Bertiller, Mónica ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Large herbivore movements; Patagonia; Phase space movement model; Searching feeding model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ARGENTINA; COVARIATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING TIME; FORAGING BEHAVIORS; FORAGING THEORY; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INDUCED COMPONENT; LANDSCAPE SCALE; LARGE HERBIVORE MOVEMENTS; MOVEMENT SPEED; PATAGONIA; PHASE SPACES; PHASE STATE; POSITION DATA; POSITION INFORMATION; RANDOM SEARCHES; SEARCHING-FEEDING MODEL; SPATIAL BEHAVIORS; SPATIAL SCALE; TIME ALLOCATION; VEGETATION PATCHES;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEEDING; PHASE SPACE METHODS; REMOTE SENSING; SPEED; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; PATCH USE; REMOTE SENSING; SHEEP; TIME ALLOCATION;

ARGENTINA; MONTE; PATAGONIA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77955775747     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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