A statistical framework for inferring the influence of conspecifics on movement behaviour

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-189

  Delgado, María del Mar ^a,b   Penteriani, Vincenzo ^b   Morales, Juan Manuel ^c   Gurarie, Eliezer ^d   Ovaskainen, Otso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural rules; Condition dependent dispersal; Mixed effect model; Model data; Social information; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893913472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12154     Document Type: Article

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