Effect of forest canopy on GPS-based movement data

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 935-941

  DeCesare, Nicholas J ^a   Squires, John R ^a,b,c   Kolbe, Jay A ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Missoula Wildlife Unit   (United States)

^c Missoula Wildlife Unit ^*

Author keywords

Animal movement; Forest canopy closure; Global Positioning System; GPS error; GPS tracking; Snow tracking; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; TORTUOSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30344446362     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[935:EOFCOG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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