Spatial and temporal predictions of moose winter distribution

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 411-419

  Mansson J ^a   Bunnefeld, N ^a,b   Andren H ^a   Ericsson, G ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal distribution; Georeference; Herbivore; Patch use; Scale

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HERBIVORE; LANDSCAPE; NONLINEARITY; PATCH USE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; PREDICTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866318969     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2305-0     Document Type: Article

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