Enhancing the use of argos satellite data for home range and long distance migration studies of marine animals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hoenner, Xavier ^a   Whiting, Scott D ^b,c   Hindell, Mark A ^d   McMahon, Clive R ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DATA PROCESSING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; MARINE SPECIES; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY; TURTLE; VALIDITY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA;

EID: 84863745648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040713     Document Type: Article

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