Performance and accuracy evaluation of small satellite transmitters

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1349-1358

  Britten, Michael W ^a,c   Kennedy, Patricia L ^a   Ambrose, Skip ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

American peregrine falcon; Falco peregrinus anatum; Location accuracy; Migration; Movements; Performance evaluation; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM; PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0032724380     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802854     Document Type: Article

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