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Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 890-902

  Fieberg, John ^a   Börger, Luca ^b,c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

home range; kernel density; local convex hull; minimum convex polygon; mixed model; space use; study design; telemetry; territory; utilization distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SPACE USE; TERRITORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866616074     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-172.1     Document Type: Article

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