GPS measurement error gives rise to spurious 180° turning angles and strong directional biases in animal movement data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Hurford, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WOLF; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WOLVES;

EID: 66249094221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005632     Document Type: Article

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