Modelling harbour seal habitat by combining data from multiple tracking systems

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 450, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-39

  Bailey, Helen ^a,b,c   Hammond, Philip S ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Habitat preference model; Phoca vitulina; Spatial ecology; State space model; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ARGO; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOTELEMETRY; DATA SET; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HARBOR; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PINNIPED; POPULATION SIZE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRACKING;

MORAY FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 84889598982     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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