A model-driven approach to quantify migration patterns: Individual, regional and yearly differences

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 466-476

  Bunnefeld, Nils ^a   Börger, Luca ^b   Van Moorter, Bram ^c   Rolandsen, Christer M ^c,d   Dettki, Holger ^a   Solberg, Erling Johan ^c,d   Ericsson, Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Moose; Net squared displacement; Nonlinear mixed models; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DEER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GPS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEER; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

SCANDINAVIA;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA;

EID: 79551604011     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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