Inferring spatial memory and spatiotemporal scaling from GPS data: Comparing red deer Cervus elaphus movements with simulation models

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 572-586

  Gautestad, Arild O ^a   Loe, Leif E ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fractal geometry; L vy walk; Memory map; Multi scaled random walk; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GPS; MEMORY; MOVEMENT; POWER LAW; RANDOM WALK METHOD; SITE FIDELITY; SPACE USE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEER; FEMALE; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LÉVY WALK; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY MAP; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MULTI-SCALED RANDOM WALK; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE FIDELITY;

FRACTAL GEOMETRY; LÉVY WALK; MEMORY MAP; MULTI-SCALED RANDOM WALK; SITE FIDELITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NORWAY;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84876328652     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12027     Document Type: Article

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