Bias in estimating animal travel distance: The effect of sampling frequency

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 653-662

  Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   Carbone, Chris ^a   Kays, Roland ^b,c   Kranstauber, Bart ^d,f   Jansen, Patrick A ^b,e,f  

^a Regent's Park   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barro colorado island; Camera traps; Daily distance; Day range; Movement models; Radiotracking; Random walk; Telemetry; Travel distance; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869110593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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