Implications of ignoring telemetry error on inference in wildlife resource use models

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 702-708

  Montgomery, Robert A ^a   Roloff, Gary J ^a   Hoef, Jay M Ver ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Global Positioning System (GPS); habitat use; inference; telemetry; telemetry error

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GIS; GPS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NONLINEARITY; PATCH SIZE; PATCH USE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOLUTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955883596     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.96     Document Type: Article

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