Body mass explains characteristic scales of habitat selection in terrestrial mammals

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-528

  Fisher, Jason T ^a,b   Anholt, Brad ^b,c   Volpe, John P ^b  

^a Ecosystem Management Unit   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Habitat complexity; Spatial scale; Textural discontinuity

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84874980840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.45     Document Type: Article

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