Fix success and accuracy of Global Positioning System collars in old-growth temperate coniferous forests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1298-1308

  Sager Fradkin, Kimberly A ^a   Jenkins, Kurt J ^a   Hoffman, Roger A ^b   Happe, Patricia J ^b   Beecham, John J ^c   Wright, R Gerald ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Olympic National Park   (United States)

^c Beringia South   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Fix success rate; Global Positioning System telemetry location error; Modeling fix rate bias; Temperate coniferous forest; Ursus americanus; Washington; Weighting factors

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 43249123856     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-367     Document Type: Article

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