Accuracy of aerial telemetry locations in mountainous terrain

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1809-1812

  Gantz, Glen F ^a,b   Stoddart, L Charles ^a,b   Knowlton, Frederick F ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accuracy; Aerial telemetry; Bear River Mountains; Location error; Mountainous terrain; Utah

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL SURVEY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY;

BEAR RIVER RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WASATCH RANGE;

EID: 33846787088     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1809:AOATLI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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