Habitat quality influences population distribution, individual space use and functional responses in habitat selection by a large herbivore

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 231-243

  Bjørneraas, Kari ^a   Herfindal, Ivar ^a   Solberg, Erling Johan ^b   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   van Moorter, Bram ^a   Rolandsen, Christer Moe ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Naturdata as ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Functional response; Reproductive status; Resource selection; Resource utilisation; Sex; Spatial scales; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

DEER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GPS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RESOURCE SELECTION; SEX RATIO; SPACE USE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HERBIVORY; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HERBIVORY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NORWAY;

NORWAY;

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84855591027     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2072-3     Document Type: Article

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