Effects of radio-collar position and orientation on GPS radio-collar performance, and the implications of PDOP in data screening

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 383-388

  D'Eon, Robert G ^a,b   Delparte, Donna ^a  

^a Selkirk College Canada   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspect; Bias; Fix rate; Location error; PDOP; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; RADIOTELEMETRY; SAMPLING BIAS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18444399316     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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