New radiocollars for the detection of proximity among individuals

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1333-1344

  Prange, Suzanne ^a,b,e   Jordan, Trevor ^c   Hunter, Colin ^d   Gehrt, Stanley D ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c Jordan Electronics Trading (JET)   (New Zealand)

^d Sirtrack Ltd   (New Zealand)

^e Ohio Division of Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact rates; Data logging; Detection distance; Field performance; Procyon lotor; Prototypes; Proximity detectors; Raccoons; Radiocollars; UHF; VHF

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MAMMAL; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

ILLINOIS; NED BROWN FOREST PRESERVE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 33846829503     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1333:NRFTDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

References (42)

1. Atwood, T. C., and H. P. Weeks Jr. 2003. Spatial home-range overlap and temporal interaction in eastern coyotes: the influence of pair types and fragmentation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1589-1597.
2. Barash, D. P. 1973. Territorial and foraging behavior of pika (Ochotona princeps) in Montana. American Midland Naturalist 89:202-207.
3. Blundell, G. M., M. Ben-David, and R. T. Bowyer. 2002. Sociality in river otters: cooperative foraging or reproductive strategies? Behavioral Ecology 13:134-141.
4. Boarman, W. I., M. L. Beigel, G. C. Goodlett, and M. Sazaki. 1998. A passive integrated transponder system for tracking animal movements. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:886-891.
5. Côté, S. D. 2000. Determining social rank in ungulates: a comparison of aggressive interactions recorded at a bait site and under natural conditions. Ethology 106:945-955.
6. Day, T. D., C. E. O'Connor, J. R. Waas, and L. R. Matthews. 2000. Social interactions among captive brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 70:157-165.
7. D'Eon, R. G. 2003. Effects of a stationary GPS fix rate bias on habitat selection analyses. Journal of Wildlife Management 67:858-863.
8. D'Eon, R. G., and D. Delparte. 2005. Effects of radio-collar position and orientation on GPS radio-collar performance, and the implications of PDOP in data screening. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:383-388.
9. D'Eon, R. G., and R. Serrouya. 2005. Mule deer seasonal movements and multi-scale resource selection using global positioning system radiotelemetry. Journal of Mammalogy 86:736-744.
10. D'Eon, R. G., R. Serrouya, G. Smith, and C. O. Kochanny. 2002. GPS radiotelemetry error and bias in mountainous terrain. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:430-439.
11. Dussault, C., R. Courtois, J. P. Ouellet, and J. Huot. 1999. Evaluation of GPS telemetry collar performance for habitat studies in the boreal forest. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:965-972.
12. Frair, J. L., S. E. Nielsen, E. H. Merrill, S. R. Lele, M. S. Boyce, R. H. M. Munro, G. B. Stenhouse, and H. L. Beyer. 2004. Removing GPS collar bias in habitat selection studies. Journal of Applied Ecology 41:201-212.
13. Gehrt, S. D., and E. K. Fritzell. 1998. Resource distribution, female home range dispersion and male spatial interactions: group structure in a solitary carnivore. Animal Behaviour 55:1211-1227.
14. Gehrt, S. D., and E. K. Fritzell. 1999. Behavioural aspects of the raccoon mating system: determinants of consortship success. Animal Behaviour 57:593-601.
15. Gehrt, S. D., L. L. Hungerford, and S. Hatten. 2001. Drug effects on recaptures of raccoons. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:833-837.
16. Gibbons, J. W., and K. M. Andrews. 2004. PIT tagging: simple technology at its best. BioScience 54:447-454.
17. Grenier, D., C. Barrette, and M. Crete. 1999. Food access by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) at winter feeding sites in eastern Quebec. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 63:323-337.
18. Harper, S. J., and G. O. Batzli. 1996, Monitoring use of runways by voles with passive integrated transponders. Journal of Mammalogy 77:364-369.
19. Hoehn, M., M. Kronschnabl, and U. Ganslosser. 2000. Similarities and differences in activities and agonistic behavior of male eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in captivity and the wild. Zoo Biology 19:529-539.
20. Ji, W., M. N. Clout, M. Douglas, T. Day, and R. Hendra. 1999. Mate ID: first trial of a novel device for measuring possum contacts. Pages 92-95 in G. Sutherland, editor. Advances in the biological control of possums. The Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand.
21. Ji, W., P. C. L. White, and M. N. Clout. 2005. Contact rates between possums revealed by proximity data loggers. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:595-604.
22. Kays, R. W., and J. L. Gittleman. 2001. The social organization of the kinkajou Pofos flavus (Procyonidae). Journal of Zoology 253:491-504.
23. Kunz, T. H. 2001. Seeing in the dark: recent technological advances for the study of free-ranging bats. Bat Research News 42:91.
24. Lambrechts, M. M., P. Perret, M. Maistre, and J. Blondel. 1999. Do experiments with captive non-domesticated animals make sense without population field studies? A case study with blue tits' breeding time. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266:1311-1315.
25. Loveridge, A. J., and D. W. Macdonald. 2001. Seasonality in spatial organization and dispersal of sympatric jackals (Canis mesomelas and C. adustus): implications for rabies management. Journal of Zoology 253:101-111.
26. Macdonald, D. W. 1996. Social behaviour of captive bush dogs (Speothos venaticus). Journal of Zoology 239:525-543.
27. Merrill, S. B., L. G. Adams, M. E. Nelson, and L. D. Mech. 1998. Testing releasable GPS radiocollars on wolves and white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:830-835.
28. Obbard, M. E., B. A. Pond, and A. Perera. 1998. Preliminary evaluation of GPS collars for analysis of habitat use and activity patterns of black bears. Ursus 10:209-217.
29. Prange, S., S. D. Gehrt, and E. P. Wiggers. 2003. Demographic factors contributing to high raccoon densities in urban landscapes. Journal of Wildlife Management 67:324-333.
30. Prentice, E. F., T. A. Flagg, C. S. McCutcheon, and D. F. Brastow. 1990. PIT-tag monitoring systems for hydroelectric dams and fish hatcheries. American Fisheries Society Symposium 7:323-334.
31. Ramsey, D., N. Spencer, P. Caley, M. Efford, K. Hansen, M. Lam, and D. Cooper. 2002. The effects of reducing population density on contact rates between brushtail possums: implications for transmission of bovine tuberculosis. Journal of Applied Ecology 39:806-818.
32. Reimchen, T. E. 1998. Nocturnal foraging behaviour of black bears, Ursus americanus, on Moresby Island, British Columbia. Canadian Field-Naturalist 112:446-450.
33. Rempel, R. S., and A. R. Rodgers. 1997. Effects of differential correction on accuracy of a GPS animal location system. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:525-530.
34. Rood, J. P. 1983. The social system of the dwarf mongoose. Pages 454-488 in J. F. Eisenberg and D. G. Kleiman, editors. Recent advances in the study of mammalian behavior. American Society of Mammalogists, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
35. Rood, J. P. 1989. Male associations in a solitary mongoose. Animal Behaviour 38:725-728.
36. Schaller, G. B. 1972. The Serengeti lion: a study of predator-prey relations. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
37. Sharp, W. M., and L. H. Sharp. 1956. Nocturnal movements and behavior of wild raccoons at a winter feeding station. Journal of Mammalogy 37:170-177.
38. Tevis, L., Jr. 1947. Summer activities of California raccoons. Journal of Mammalogy 28:323-332.
39. Totton, S. C., R. R. Tinline, R. C. Rosatte, and L. L. Bigler. 2002. Contact rates of raccoons (Procyon lotor) at a communal feeding site in rural eastern Ontario. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38:313-319.
40. van der Jeugd, H. P., and H. H. T. Prins. 2000. Movements and group structure of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Journal of Zoology 251:15-21.
41. White, P. C., K. Ralls, and D. B. Siniff. 2000. Nocturnal encounters between kit foxes. Journal of Mammalogy 81:456-461.
42. White, P. C. L., and S. Harris. 1994. Encounters between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes): implications for territory maintenance, social cohesion and dispersal. Journal of Animal Ecology 63:315-327.