Suitable animal movement indexes or just geometric correlations? A comment on Püttker et al. 2012

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 948-953

  Oliveira Santos, Luiz Gustavo R ^a   Antunes, Pâmela C ^a   Zucco, Carlos A ^a   Fernandez, Fernando A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

animal movement; ecological index; home range; index validation; spiny rat; Thrichomys pachyurus

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; DATA SET; GEOMETRY; HOME RANGE; INDEX METHOD; MOVEMENT; RODENT;

EID: 84882306815     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-139.1     Document Type: Article

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