GPS collar sampling frequency: Effects on measures of resource use

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-231

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

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Distance traveled; GPS collars; Grazing behavior; Sampling interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CATTLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; GRAZING; PASTURE; RESOURCE USE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 62149141743     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-044.1     Document Type: Article

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