Stopover ecology of a migratory ungulate

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1078-1087

  Sawyer, Hall ^a,b   Kauffman, Matthew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian bridge movement model; Migration routes; Movement corridors; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Phenology; Stopover ecology; Ungulate migration

Indexed keywords

DEER; FORAGE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOLOGY; STOPOVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HERBIVORY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 79960839337     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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