Field testing a global positioning system (GPS) collar on a Japanese monkey: Reliability of automatic GPS positioning in a Japanese forest

Primates

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-154

  Sprague, David S ^a   Kabaya, Hajime ^b,c   Hagihara, Ko ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Boso Peninsula Monkey Management and Research Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest canopy; Global positioning system; Japanese macaque; Macaca fuscata; Rural land use

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GPS; LAND USE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY; TREE;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MACACA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TELEMETRY; TREES;

ASIA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

MACACA FUSCATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2442571043     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0071-7     Document Type: Article

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