Spatio-temporal dynamics in the response of woodland caribou and moose to the passage of grey wolf

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-198

  Latombe, Guillaume ^a   Fortin, Daniel ^b   Parrott, Lael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural response race; Ecology of fear; GPS; Habitat selection; Predation; Predator prey spatial game; Space race; Step selection functions

Indexed keywords

DEER; FOOD WEB; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPACE USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

CANIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE RACE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY OF FEAR; FOOD CHAIN; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY SPATIAL GAME; SPACE RACE; STEP SELECTION FUNCTIONS; TIME; WOLF;

BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE RACE; ECOLOGY OF FEAR; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY SPATIAL GAME; SPACE RACE; STEP SELECTION FUNCTIONS;

ANIMALS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WOLVES;

EID: 84890796202     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12108     Document Type: Article

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