Developing a deeper understanding of animal movements and spatial dynamics through novel application of network analyses

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 574-583

  Jacoby, David M P ^a,b   Brooks, Edward J ^c,d   Croft, Darren P ^b   Sims, David W ^a,d  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE   (Bahamas)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Animal movements; Fish behaviour; Network analysis; Space use; Tagging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867391825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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