Uncontrolled field performance of Televilt GPS-Simplex™ collars on grizzly bears in western and northern Canada

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 693-701

  Gau, Robert J ^a,d,h,i,j   Mulders, Robert ^a,d,h,i,k   Ciarniello, Lana M ^b,d,h,l,m   Heard, Douglas C ^b,c,n,o,p   Chetkiewicz, Cheryl Lesley B ^d,h,q,r   Boyce, Mark ^d,s,t   Munro, Robin ^e,l,o,u   Stenhouse, Gordon ^f,h,v,w   Chruszcz, Bryan ^g,m,x   Gibeau, Michael L ^g,m   Milakovic, Brian ^b,y   Parker, Katherine L ^b,z  

^a Govt of the Northwest Territories   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Foothills Model Forest   (Canada)

^f Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^g PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^h Univ of Northern British Columbia ^*

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^k LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p Prov BC's Min Water Land Air P

^q UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^r WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^s YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t Wildlife Society   (United States)

^u Foothills Model Forest Grizzly B   (Canada)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^w ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^x Queens University

^y UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^z WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

GPS collars; Grizzly bear; Location data; Movements; Telemetry; Televilt; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIOTELEMETRY; GPS; INSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 7544232764     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0693:UFPOTG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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