Spherical first passage time: A tool to investigate area-restricted search in three-dimensional movements

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1665-1673

  Bailleul, Frédéric ^a   Lesage, Véronique ^a   Hammill, Mike O ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diving; First passage time; Habitat use; Movement patterns; Search behaviour; Simulations; Spatial scale; Three dimensional tracking

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; SPHERES;

DIVING; FIRST PASSAGE TIME; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT PATTERN; SEARCH BEHAVIOURS; SIMULATIONS; SPATIAL SCALE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRACKING;

ANIMALS;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FAUNISTICS; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACKING; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953040311     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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