Remote monitoring of primates using automated GPS technology in open habitats

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-499

  Markham, A Catherine ^a   Altmann, Jeanne ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Amboseli; GPS collar tracking; Papio cynocephalus; Temperature and activity monitoring; Wild baboons

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; GPS; MONITORING; PRIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOCOMOTION; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 52449096108     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20515     Document Type: Article

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