Performance of two GPS telemetry collars under different habitat conditions

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 372-379

  Di Orio, Aaron P ^a   Callas, Richard ^a   Schaefer, Robert J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; ATS; Canopy closure; Collar; GPS; Location success; Lotek; Positional error; Selective availability; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GPS; HABITAT TYPE; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038164810     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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