Using multilevel models to quantify heterogeneity in resource selection

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1788-1796

  Wagner, Tyler ^a   Diefenbach, Duane R ^a   Christensen, Sonja A ^a,b   Norton, Andrew S ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; heirarchical models; logistic regression; multilevel modeling; Odocoileus virginianus; resource selection function

Indexed keywords

DEER; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; HOME RANGE; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SELECTION; ROADKILL; STOCHASTICITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 80055024306     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.212     Document Type: Article

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