Resource heterogeneity influences home range area in the swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-479

  Di Stefano, Julian ^a   Coulson, Graeme ^b   Greenfield, Andrew ^b   Swan, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION; GEOMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; HOME RANGE; INDEX METHOD; MARSUPIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WALLABIA BICOLOR;

EID: 79957814889     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06523.x     Document Type: Article

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