What is a home range?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 948-958

  Powell, Roger A ^a   Mitchell, Michael S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive map; currency; fitness surface; global positioning system; hippocampus; home range; telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOTELEMETRY; COGNITION; FITNESS; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866605769     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-177.1     Document Type: Article

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