Accuracy of lightweight satellite telemetry: A case study in the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1010-1015

  Soutullo, Alvaro ^a   Cadahía, Luis ^a   Urios, Vicente ^a   Ferrer, Miguel ^b   Negro, Juan José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Argos; Error; Europe; Platform Transmitter Terminal; Satellite telemetry; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; SATELLITE; TELEMETRY;

ARGOLIDHOS; ARGOS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34848826896     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-042     Document Type: Article

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