MateID: Design and testing of a novel device for recording contracts between free-ranging animals

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-207

  Douglas, Murray E ^a,c,d   Ji, Weihong ^b,e   Clout, Michael N ^b,f,g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MetService Ltd   (New Zealand)

^d Area of Automatic Weather Station and Satellite Imagery Technology   (New Zealand)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Contact rates; MateID data logger; Mating behaviour; Proximity; Social behaviour; Trichosurus vulpecular

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MATING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646545369     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[203:MDATOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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