Towards an energetic landscape: Broad-scale accelerometry in woodland caribou

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 916-922

  Mosser, Anna A ^a,b   Avgar, Tal ^a   Brown, Glen S ^c   Walker, C Spencer ^a   Fryxell, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Biotelemetry; Energetics; Landscape; Rangifer

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BIOACTIVITY; BIOENERGETICS; BIOTELEMETRY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NDVI; SNOW COVER; THERMOREGULATION; UNGULATE; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

ACCELEROMETRY; ANIMAL; CANADA; FEMALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; SEASON; VETERINARY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MOVEMENT; ONTARIO; REINDEER; SEASONS;

EID: 84902550718     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12187     Document Type: Article

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