Wet season range fidelity in a tropical migratory ungulate

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 543-552

  Morrison, Thomas A ^a   Bolger, Douglas T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Migration; Reproduction; Residency; Tarangire National Park

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK; TANZANIA; TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84859603318     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01941.x     Document Type: Article

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