The impacts of landscape structure on the winter movements and habitat selection of female red deer

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 411-421

  Allen, Andrew M ^a,b   Månsson, Johan ^b   Jarnemo, Anders ^b   Bunnefeld, Nils ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Biased random bridge; Landscape ecology; Net squared displacement; Resource utilisation function; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84900791892     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-014-0797-0     Document Type: Article

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