Using dynamic Brownian bridge movement modelling to measure temporal patterns of habitat selection

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1234-1243

  Byrne, Michael E ^a   Clint Mccoy, J ^b   Hinton, Joseph W ^a   Chamberlain, Michael J ^a   Collier, Bret A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Behaviour; Brownian bridge movement model; GPS; Habitat; Space use; Utilization distribution

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA SET; DEER; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; WILD POPULATION;

RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO INTERMEDIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COYOTE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COYOTES; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS;

EID: 84906320210     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12205     Document Type: Article

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