Inference from habitat-selection analysis depends on foraging strategies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1157-1163

  Bastille Rousseau, Guillaume ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^a   Dussault, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraging strategies; Habitat selection; Individual based model; Interpatch movement; Movement biases; Residency time analysis; Resource selection function

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE SELECTION; RESOURCE USE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958518204     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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