Applying GPS to the study of primate ecology: A useful tool?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-172

  Phillips, Kimberley A ^a   Elvey, Carrie R ^a   Abercrombie, C L ^b  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Canopy interference; GIS; Global positioning system; Spatial arrangement; Spatiotemporal distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; PRIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PRIMATE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGY; PRIMATES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TELEMETRY; TREES;

EID: 0031692866     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:2<167::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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