Effects of habitat feature, antenna position, movement, and fix interval on GPS radio collar performance in Mount Fuji, central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 581-588

  Jiang, Zhaowen ^a,b   Sugita, Mikio ^a   Kitahara, Masahiko ^a   Takatsuki, Seiki ^c   Goto, Takehiro ^a   Yoshida, Yotaka ^a  

^a YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Wildlife Conservation and Management Office Oyamagaoka   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenna position; Fix interval; Global positioning system; Habitat feature; Location performance

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST; GPS; HABITAT QUALITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TESTING METHOD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT FUJI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 43549118399     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0412-x     Document Type: Article

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