Linking trade-offs in habitat selection with the occurrence of functional responses for moose living in two nearby study areas

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 965-977

  Mabille, Géraldine ^a,b   Dussault, Christian ^a,c   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a   Laurian, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Generalized linear mixed models (GLMM); Habitat selection; Resource selection functions (RSF); Ungulates

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GPS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; TELEMETRY; TRADE-OFF;

CANADA;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84869081668     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2382-0     Document Type: Article

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