Appropriateness of the linear correction method for GPS positional fixes in wildlife studies

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Casaer, Jim ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Verhagen, Ron ^b   Coppin, Pol ^a  

^a Proteomics   (Belgium)

^b Evolutionary Biology Group   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal borne GPS; GPS correction methods; Mammals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033003275     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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