GPS error in studies addressing animal movements and activities

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-358

  Ganskopp, David C ^a   Johnson, Dustin D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Cattle; Data filtering; Differential correction; Global positioning system collars; Grazing behavior; Method; Technique

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GPS; GRAZING; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34547613374     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[350:GEISAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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