Using first-passage time to link behaviour and habitat in foraging paths of a terrestrial predator, the racoon

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 593-601

  Byrne, Michael E ^a   Chamberlain, Michael J ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; First passage time; Foraging; Habitat use; Procyon lotor; Racoon; Searching behaviour; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOTELEMETRY; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SHALLOW WATER;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 84865355010     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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