Movement paths reveal scale-dependent habitat decisions by Canada lynx

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1269-1279

  Fuller, Angela K ^a,b   Harrison, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Canada lynx; fractal dimension; habitat; Lepus americanus; lynx; Lynx canadensis; movement; patch; snowshoe hare; tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FELID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; HOME RANGE; LAGOMORPH; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE SELECTION;

CANADA;

LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 77958465814     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-005.1     Document Type: Article

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