Mapping behavioral landscapes for animal movement: A finite mixture modeling approach

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 654-669

  Tracey, Jeff A ^a   Zhu, Jun ^b   Boydston, Erin ^a   Lyren, Lisa ^a   Fisher, Robert N ^a   Crooks, Kevin R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular data; Conservation biology; Hierarchical mixture of experts; Landscape connectivity; Landscape ecology; Lynx rufus; Particle swarm optimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FELID; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING METHOD; MOVEMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LYNX; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LYNX; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TELEMETRY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 84877137153     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0687.1     Document Type: Article

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