How does local weather predict red deer home range size at different temporal scales?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1280-1295

  Rivrud, Inger Maren ^a   Loe, Leif Egil ^a   Mysterud, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activity; Animal movements; Behaviour; Climate change; Local climate; North Atlantic Oscillations; Scale dependence; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEER; GLOBAL WARMING; GPS; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SNOW COVER; TELEMETRY; TIMESCALE; WEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

NORWAY;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958524947     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01731.x     Document Type: Article

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