Location-only and use-availability data: Analysis methods converge

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1120-1124

  Mcdonald, Lyman ^a   Manly, Bryan ^a   Huettmann, Falk ^b   Thogmartin, Wayne ^c  

^a WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Location only data; Resource selection; Species geographical distributions; Used available data

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HABITAT SELECTION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT SELECTION; LOCATION-ONLY DATA; METHODOLOGY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPECIES GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; USED-AVAILABLE DATA;

HABITAT SELECTION; LOCATION-ONLY DATA; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPECIES GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; USED-AVAILABLE DATA;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886255427     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12145     Document Type: Article

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