Inferring animal population distributions from individual tracking data: Theoretical insights and potential pitfalls

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 175-181

  Holdo, Ricardo M ^a   Roach, R Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated random walks; Habitat preferences; Habitat spatial patterns; Movement behaviour; Movement models; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RANDOM WALK METHOD; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE USE; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84872611011     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02031.x     Document Type: Article

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