Mechanisms of functional connectivity: The case of free-ranging bison in a forest landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1871-1885

  Dancose, Karine ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^a   Xulin, G U O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bison; Directional persistence; Functional connectivity; Habitat selection; Inter patch trajectory; Movement bias; Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada; Radiotelemetry; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MEADOW; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BISON; ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT; SASKATCHEWAN; SEASONS; TREES;

CANADA; PRINCE ALBERT NATIONAL PARK; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANIMALIA; BISON; CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79960364737     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0779.1     Document Type: Article

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