Quantifying spatial-temporal patterns in wildlife ranges using STAMP: A grizzly bear example

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 124-131

  Smulders, Mary ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a   Jelinski, Dennis E ^a   Nielsen, Scott E ^b   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^c   Laberee, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Drift; GIS; Grizzly bear; Home range; Site fidelity; Spatial temporal pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BREEDING SEASON; GIS; HOME RANGE; MATING BEHAVIOR; RANGE SIZE; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84864028272     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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