Step selection techniques uncover the environmental predictors of space use patterns in flocks of Amazonian birds

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 4578-4588

  Potts, Jonathan R ^a,b   Mokross, Karl ^c,d   Stouffer, Philip C ^c,d   Lewis, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Animal movement; Behavioral ecology; Home range; Insectivorous birds; Resource selection; Space use; Step selection; Theoretical ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84919768597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1306     Document Type: Article

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