Feasibility of GPS use to locate wild ungulates in high mountain environment

Pirineos

Volumn , Issue 157, 2002, Pages 7-13

  Girard, I ^a   Adrados, C ^b   Peracino, A ^c   Marinot, J P ^a   Bassano, B ^c   Janeau, G ^b  

^a Parc national de la Vanoise   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

^c Parco nazionale Gran Paradiso   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global positioning system; Ibex; Mountain ungulates; Slope orientation; Topographic obstruction

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; GPS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; UNGULATE;

FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; VANOISE NATIONAL PARK;

CAPRA IBEX; UNGULATA;

EID: 0345099305     PISSN: 03732568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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