Behavioural context of multi-scale species distribution models assessed by radio-tracking

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-195

  Lundy, Mathieu G ^a,b   Buckley, Daniel J ^a,c   Boston, Emma S M ^a,c   Scott, David D ^a,b   Prodöhl, Paulo A ^a,b   Marnell, Ferdia ^d   Teeling, Emma C ^a,c   Ian Montgomery, W ^a,b  

^a Centre for Irish Bat Research   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Central place forager; Habitat selection; Multi scale modelling; Myotis nattereri; Radio telemetry; Species Distribution Modelling (SDM)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYOTIS NATTERERI;

EID: 84860572162     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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